Thread: Security of Oyster Cards
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Old November 18th 03, 03:27 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Security of Oyster Cards
On 18 Nov 2003 16:13:18 GMT, Huge wrote:
The hardware is a Philips MIFARE card.

http://www.nationalsmartcard.com.au/news.cfm?newsid=128

That page says "The Oyster card has attracted widespread criticism
in the UK press over the alleged incompatibility of the card with
a similar scheme being developed by the UK's national rail network.".

What is this rival system? It's the first I've heard about it.
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