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Internet Survival Guide for Traveling Where Privacy Isn't Respected |
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Source: LifeHacker - Posted by Alex
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Internet cafes proliferate all throughout Asia and other remote countries, which makes getting online very easy and cheap. That said, as much as I love "the cloud," keeping data online comes with security concerns, especially in places where internet restrictions and heavy government monitoring are commonplace.
Here are a list of items from my arsenal—many from Lifehacker—which made my own backpacker travels much easier when in remote places:
Gmail / Google Apps
Lifehacker has already sung the praises of Gmail, and it's impossible to understate it. With Google's recent announcement that accounts will connect using the more secure https by default, Gmail reigns supreme as the best possible email app for travelers logging in on dicey computers in strange places. On top of that, Google Docs, Google Calendar, and now Google Wave are a wonderful and secure set of cloud based apps to really allow you to do what you need to do from practically anywhere.
Two USB Sticks
Online options are getting better every day, but we can't quite always access everything we need on a computer straight from the cloud. Choosing the right USB stick to accompany you on your travels is in itself a chore. The secure Ironykey thumb drive is certainly very impressive, but it is also quite costly. It's definitely out of range for most backpackers, myself included. Corsair makes a padlock drive which is far from completely secure, but it has a more reasonable price and assures you that if you lose it, someone can't simply just plug it in and start using it immediately.
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