This may be crackpot/paranoid, but throwing it out there per Q's prompt to "expand our thinking" and Q's hint that "we cannot imagine the full and complete picture":
Q stating "We hear all," as a warning to the bad guys, also refers to the modern state of tech that is beyond the imagination of most, and how it has been used to surveil all Americans.
NSA/POTUS/USMIL now control this power, which was previously in the hands of CIA/GOOG/APPL/AMZN/ETC
echo, alexa, applehome, siri, iOS, android, windows, laptopcams, samsung/vizio tvs, etc etc
pray vs prey.
When you pray outloud, and when you talk in your sleep
those who know never sleep
"If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place." - Google CEO Eric Schmidt
eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/google-ceo-eric-schmidt-dismisses-privacy
What if… for the last 10 years, your every web search, webpage visit, text message sent & received, email composed & received, is recorded and stored in a file with your name, address, birthdate, SS#, and a list of everyone you've ever called, emailed, and texted. Plus the content of your every phone call, and a list of your every GPS location throughout each day.
And what if that file also contains every personal conversation (not via phonecall or voip, but in-person human-to-human convos) that you had with anyone inside your home and inside your car.
Plus… a recording of everything you've ever muttered under your breath while sleeping or praying.
To go full tinfoil: Can they even detect & record thoughts/dreams? Can they even determine body/brain energy frequencies, and the content of dreams?