Also I really hope someone has told the big guy about current security SOP for bringing laptops and phone in and out of china.
Curious about this.. what is the current security SOP for bringing laptops and phones in and out of china?
Don't bring any laptop or phone that has or had any trade secrets or anything of value on it.
Most current SOP is to only use laptop and phones purchased for the purpose of taking to china(IE CLEAN), after coming back getting rid of them.
there have so many reports of people coming back with NEW firmware IE(RootKits) and other great software add-on's.
Its a current industry theory that if someone in customs takes your laptop out of your view your already infected.
Just saw a nice stat today saying that china has backdoor access to 80% of the worlds telephone systems now thanks to two big Chinese telecom companies.
Anyone hear about the plotter(Big Printer) that had its software changed so it forwarded all blueprints that it printed out to china.
Next time I go I'm taking an ultrabook with all the ports epoxied shut with a drive encrypted with AES-Twofish-Serpent.
After you start raising flags at customs, we get a special detail that follows you the entire trip.
Then you start doing fun stuff like talking to trash can's,dead dropping dollar bills at random places with special codes, watching the aftermath is always fun.