On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:00:25 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
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.

Thats worrying in itself.

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

*shrug* Who knows.

Anyway , in my original post I merely said that I reckon its possible to
power up and read an Oyster card from a short distance. I didn't say anyone
had actually bothered to do it.

B2003