Is Big Government Spying on us America???

What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones?
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/jul/18/what-is-pegasus-spyware-and-how-does-it-hack-phones

Revealed: leak uncovers global abuse of cyber-surveillance weapon
Spyware sold to authoritarian regimes used to target activists, politicians and journalists, data suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/18/revealed-leak-uncovers-global-abuse-of-cyber-surveillance-weapon-nso-group-pegasus

The Pegasus project
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/pegasus-project

Pegasus: The ultimate spyware for iOS and Android
The most sophisticated attack ever seen on any endpoint, this modular spyware lurks on Android and iOS.
https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/pegasus-spyware/14604/