Originally Posted by
potfish
Strangely I managed to survive 4 weeks in China and Tibet without anyone hacking my stuff, and without taking any more precautions than I'd take travelling closer to home. You're a paranoid lot.
In fairness, there are some people in and around these parts who currently or formerly had to spend a great deal of time and attention to this and related issues, and I can assure you the "paranoia" is well-founded and indeed very reasonable.