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How can I avoid my password being harvested by key loggers from internet cafes?

During traveling, especially in poor countries, sometimes you are going to need to use the internet at an internet cafe and you really can't be sure whether anyone has installed anything to listen to your keystrokes.

I've been told this method, although I'm not sure if this works, but if you're at an internet cafe, one way to fool any key loggers is to avoid typing your password in one go. Instead type part of your password, then insert some random letters, then use your mouse to highlight over the random letters, and then overwrite them. This supposedly fools the key loggers into thinking your password has those random letters in it.

So just wondering, does this actually work? Are there any other better methods I could use?