Actually this sounds kind of fun sans the whole someone will read your credit/debit card from 5 feet away. Buy a laptop on craigslist for $100, re-format, get

Actually this sounds kind of fun sans the whole someone will read your credit/debit card from 5 feet away. Buy a laptop on craigslist for $100, re-format, get some throw away email accounts and see if you can go about your somewhat normal daily life on the 'Net without getting stomped as you connect across potentially hostile and un-trusted networks. The challenging part would be verifying you got through the conferences ok without any intrusions or someone sniffing your passwords.