Community | June 26, 2008 | 13 comments

London's Oyster system hacked?

source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jun/26/hitechcrime.oystercards

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kristianbrodie
More bad news for London's transport system. It seems that the Oyster Card - a ticketing/payment system for easy travelling on the tubes and buses - has been hacked, allowing citizens to travel for free.
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13 comments // London's Oyster system hacked?

  • purplefox
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      purplefox  
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    • Free travel for all!

      about time Londoners got something back.
      Hope this doesn't mean we all have to pay extra for updated security though..

    • 3 years ago
  • crababble
  • Tori
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      Tori  

    • If being tracked by oysters makes you uncomfortable, then maybe you could walk - it might actually be faster!

    • 3 years ago
  • pstuart
  • 4free
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      4free  

    • Ah, the ineptitude of our authorities never ceases to amaze me. First untold quantities of our personal information is left on the train, now the oyster cards that can track our travelling patterns have also been hacked. Brilliant.

    • 3 years ago
  • abbym0308
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      abbym0308  

    • It definitely is used to track people. BUT you don't have to register your oyster card. Or if you plan on terrorising people and then taking the tube home, you could just borrow your mate's.

    • 3 years ago
  • Owwmykneecap
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  • Mr_Costello
  • Number1BadBoy
  • abbym0308
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      abbym0308  

    • I like the idea of traveling for free, but I have to agree with the londonparticular article in that we can't all travel for free, or we'd be without a public transport system. I feel lucky to live in a city where I don't have to have a car, and can reliably get wherever I need to go at any time of day or night relatively easily. Sure, every once in a while it's really crowded, or hot, or someone has just vomited all over themselves... but on the whole, it's much better than having to pay for gas, car insurance, parking, tickets, and having the responsibility of being behind the wheel when you'd rather be reading, sleeping, drunk, whatever.

    • 3 years ago
  • Number1BadBoy
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      Number1BadBoy  
    • abbym0308:

      I dunno... Old people, young people, disabled people, war veterans and a few more groups to boot travel for free. I don't begrudge those guys but sometimes it feels like I must be the only one paying - and it kind of explains the outrageous price.

    • 3 years ago
  • kristianbrodie
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