&gt;Personally, I&#x27;m now concerned about what I say in email, in text messages, in discussion forums, and in telephone calls. I fear that if I use the wrong words or visit the wrong websites, I&#x27;ll trigger some automated system and will be put on some kind of watch list that will change my life.<p>well, if you read Stanislav Lem, you&#x27;d immediately see that not using &quot;wrong&quot; words and not visiting &quot;wrong&quot; sites may also be a trigger - like &quot;this guy is deliberately trying to stay under radar, why? what he is hiding&#x2F;planning?&quot; If you try to behave following average pattern for your demographics, you may trigger another one - &quot;he is trying to blend in&quot; :) You can&#x27;t win that game for the simple reason that the game rules are decided upon strictly after your moves had already been made.<p>You see, the issue isn&#x27;t extra collection of data by government - this is already lost cause due to technological progress, the main issue is the ability of government to oppress using that data, ie. absence of due process.