Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Truth be told, you need a VPN on both your phone and laptop before departing for ***** China to have any reasonable semblance of normal online activity, besides keeping the government from constantly monitoring everything you do.
Just so you are aware, a commercial VPN allows you to access the internet from a remote location like SFO bypassing the blocks put in by the great fire wall. It does not limit anyone's ability to monitor your communication and your communication is reportedly still passing through their filters for certain keywords. Nothing is blocked, but all "identified" traffic is still recorded.