He got a personal burner as well.

He bought new luggage and clothes for the trip, knowing they would be paid for and discarded. He said it wasn’t that big a deal.

It’s not like they surprised him on the way back, telling him to throw his stuff away.

I assume they would sometimes plant bugs and it was just easier to discard than to sanitize.

Yup. Move all the production to China to take advantage of their slave wages/conditions, and instead of passing any savings on to the consumer, they push all profits to the share holders.

That has worked out so well for us, hasn’t it, especially now that we have such a hostile relationship with them.

Companies are the worst.

China’s gonna own us all.

My brother-in-law traveled a lot for work, from the early nineties, to the 20-teens.

He visited, China, Russia, the U.S., India, all over Southeast Asia, Australia. Maybe South America, but not sure. Anyway, the point is he visited a lot of places, and the big ones fairly routinely. China is the only country, where his company had a whole list of requirements. He had to leave his personal phone, any personal electronics, and his work laptop at home. (They provided him a phone and laptop that would immediately be turned over once he returned and he could NOT log onto the company VPN with the laptop/phone they gave him and had to have his work email forwarded. )

They gave him money to buy a new suit before he went over there and to replace his luggage and clothes when he came back, because it was all discarded.

He said it was not so much government spying but industrial espionage. And he just worked in human resources.

I was in the Navy and visited Hong Kong a couple of times and they never said boo to me outside of the usual, “Loose lips sink ships.” spiel we got at every port.

They let him take his phone to Russia, but they did made him take a different work laptop, but that laptop could access the company VPN. He said there is was more about the government spying. I did not visit any Russian port while in the Navy.

I have a forerunner 255 for a couple of years and it has been great.

I wish they had wireless charging, but I also appreciate that it is slimmer because they don’t have it.

I would have gotten a nicer one, but holy cow they get expensive.

It does everything I need and even stores music for my runs. (Who am I lying to, it stores music for my walks.)

I have a Garmin BP cuff and I like that I can track my health stats, including sleeping