London Banter - View Single Post - BBC discovers that Oyster users can be overcharged for incomplete journeys

Roland Perry · March 11th 11, 11:28 AM posted to uk.transport.london

In message , at 12:16:38 on Fri, 11 Mar
2011, d remarked:

But even that doesn't mean all the RF-powered ones will have the same
characteristics.

Well no. But that doesn't change my argument that its probably possible to
power up an Oyster card from a short distance away. After all, its been
alledged just this has been done with new biometric passports - not only
did they power them up by they read them too apparently from a few feet away.

sigh but that assumes the technologies of the Oyster and the Passport
are in any way comparable!

(Apart from anything else, the Passport has a much bigger aerial).
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Roland Perry