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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:55:34 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
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.


I don't think they did.

The only reports that I have seen are from people eavesdropping when the
cards are powered up by a normal reader.

And then they "headline" their reports as being independently read from 5
meters away because that serves their political/commercial purpose, but if
you read very carefully it doesn't actually say that

tim