[alwayslikethis]

I have a better way to frame this. A hostile country is less interested in low profile users and is not as able/willing to use the data it collects against the user. Committed tax evasion / breach of contract / fraud? Russia is much less likely to care than your own government.

[speed_spread]

You're framing it wrong. They _care_ very much. They even have a word for it!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kompromat

[the-printer]

For what it's worth, the examples given on that page are either domestic instances or do not, as your parent comment describes, involve low profile individuals.