Travelers carrying smart cell phones, blackberries or laptop computers could unwittingly be offering up sensitive personal or business information to officials who monitor state-controlled telecommunications carriers, Dunkelberger said.

He said that without data encryption, executives could have business plans or designs pilfered, while journalists’ lists of contacts could be exposed, putting sources at risk.

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but aren’t these the same security concerns that buisiness travellers should have any time they go to China?

In the meantime, the International Olympic Committee is sill waiting for the Chineese government to turn the Web back on.