Its so funny to say that about your data. It really happened...in India.
Indians (from India) will line up for anything free out of curiosity. So, this cell phone provider set up a stall offering free USB drives if a person submits an application for cell phone service.
It just so happens that the stall was on the main road that led to India’s naval HDQ (where they were building their nuke sub).
Six months later, the entire sub design and plan were sitting in Bejing. The stall was fake. The USB drives installed malware into the PCs and laptops. They stayed dormant for six months, and then voila...all the plans transferred over to China in a flash.
Never buy Chinese electronics. Since that time, India outlawed the sale of Chinese made cell phones...they were capturing coversations, data, etc.
Since you mentioned this incident, you may enjoy ‘Spy’ novels?
Have you read, ‘I Am Pilgrim’? If so, what did you think? If not - give it a read! I loved it. Even my sister, who HATES that genre with the white-hot intensity of A Thousand Suns...could not put it down. :)
Thanks for that info. As I am in the market for a new computer, I shall take care it is not of Chinese manufacture.