"There it is: If you have online contact with someone that's of interest, there's a chance all of your info will be of interest also." Aside from the obvious c

"There it is: If you have online contact with someone that's of interest, there's a chance all of your info will be of interest also." Aside from the obvious chilling effect this has, how do you know if the people you speak to will become "persons of interest" later? Anyone you speak to now could be a high-profile activist in a year. That means that anyone could be the subject of this sort of surveillance.