Chris! wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02...ecurity_flaws/

Based on what I have read in this group over the years this is not a
very accurate article.

Maybe Paul C would like to comment to them?

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Chris


TfL claims that they keep the data for a few months and then discard
it. There are some obvious reasons for this which actually protect
"customers", such as if there is a dispute or if the card is lost.

But the intentions of TfL, whether or not this article is true, are not
really relevant.

Given that the information necessarily is being stored, the policy
could change or someone else could get hold of it.

This was also true with paper season tickets but, like the plan for ID
cards, Oysters are being forced on a higher proportion of travellers by
making it difficult to travel without them (maybe NR is holding out in
the name of civil liberties?).