[crankylinuxuser]

There's no doubt that I already am on a watchlist in the USA. Most anybody who's given talks at hacker cons, and then approached by the mil side of govt is. And frankly, I don't care.

Hacker con sec can be boiled down to 2 simple principles: Update yo shit, and if you have access turned on (ssh, etc) to know their threat model.

[eqvinox]

Well, yeah. But the US progression to being on a watchlist is a (metaphoric) white van for more watching. Other countries get you a (metaphoric) black van that takes you somewhere unpleasant.