He says that it's a stretch that Path's list of contacts will lead to "roundups and arrests" or dissidents in Egypt.

I think he's being naïve.

Path is, as he points out, quite unlikely to share its harvest with anyone but American authorities, if asked.

However, if they're that cavalier about personal data, I wonder how much attention they pay to data protection.

Someone from some bad country realises there's a sweet honeypot at Path, hacks through it without anybody knowing it, and people in Egypt disappear for a multi-year up-state tenancy.