On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:41:51 +0100, Simon Hewison
wrote:

Christian Hansen wrote:
The person on the phone looked up my number and said that, no, it hadn't been
cancelled but no, it hadn't been used since Friday. I had a little shiver of
1984-style Big Brotherism, in that someone in an office somewhere could tell
where I'd been on the Underground or on the buses...but anyway. She then
cancelled the card and I got my new one a week ago.

If you ever find yourself forgetful as to where you've been with your
oystercard, go to one of the touchscreen ticket machines, and you can
display recent usage history. If you use it on a bus, it will only give
the route number and time, not direction; for tube journeys, it will
give where you entered, and left the system.

Why you would need to recall your oystercard's movements when you have
it in your posession is another matter. (And I don't think anyone's used
an oystercard log as an alibi before)

Well, if the record is held on my card, and I'm just reading it, I'm not
concerned as much. If the record is held by Big Brother, and I'm just reading
what he wants to show me, I'm a bit more worried.

I believe that the record is on the card itself. How long is the material
retained on the Oyster "database", then?
--
Chris Hansen | chrishansenhome at btinternet dot com