Yeah but they're targeting people who matter like journalists, professors, journalists, altheletes, etc.
You must keep an appropriate threat model if you're gonna get paranoid about surveillance. Reactionary neighbors, local police, landlords; these are people who might take your politics personally. But to billionaires and such you're just a statistic.
Ah like Minneapolis or Detroit. A local coffee shop let's people paint murals on its side wall and i just noticed its now a woman in the keffiyeh.