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Old July 21st 08, 05:25 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Tom Barry Tom Barry is offline
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Default Oyster card hack

Adrian wrote:
"Batman55" gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying:

"Details of how to copy the Oyster cards used on London's transport
network can be published, a Dutch judge has ruled. "

See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7516869.stm MaxB


And quite right too. Security by obscurity is a laughable farce.


Indeed. What NXP were trying to do smacks of claiming you can walk
safely off Beachy Head after banning the teaching of the Theory of Gravity.

Tom