Hey all. I've been targeted my entire life now, but I know they whys and wherefores. Look at things like what your parents, aunts, and uncles did or do for a living. Look at your high school friends, work colleagues, and indeed the very field you work in. Look at your friends and what they do. And most of all, look at what you post online. Look also at those hidden things you think no one else knows about. Someone always knows.
You will never get off the target list, but you can make yourself very uninteresting to them. The best method is to be true to yourself, to who and what you really are, and to not make a secret of it. I'm not saying to shout it from the mountain tops, but if you give them anything to blackmail you with or to make you fear exposure, that's their leverage. Honesty and truth are your best policies.
Tee, I noticed your problem about you and your daughter. The truth and honesty thing is your solution there too. If you want healing, it won't happen until you open yourselves to it. To do that, you cannot have impervious shields up. Fear is your enemy. Come out into the light.