In a single coordinated wave, Apple reached users across 110 countries with warnings that they may be in the sights of mercenary spyware operators — sophisticated, costly attacks historically reserved for those who hold power, publish truth, or challenge authority. The notifications do not signal a breach, but something arguably more unsettling: the possibility that a well-funded adversary has chosen you as a target. This is security as early warning rather than post-mortem, a quiet acknowledgment that in the modern world, surveillance is a market, and some people are its product.