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Stephen Osborn[_2_] · November 26th 08, 10:43 AM posted to uk.transport.london

"Richard J." wrote in message
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In article , (Andrew
Heenan) wrote:

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But what's your problem with registration?
Is it a civil liberties thing, or is there a substantive objection?

Why is security not an issue for Mobile Phones?

Huh? Who knows? Who cares?
But what's your problem with registration?
Is it a civil liberties thing, or is there a substantive objection?

I don't see why TfL should know where I've been around London. Call
that Civil Liberties if you like. I think of it as a potential abuse
of IT myself.

You are a customer of TfL. You use their service. After registration,
they record details of your use, a record which you can both access.

Err, no.

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Journey history

Journey history displays records for journeys taken using pay as you go
credit.

Please note, customers will only be able to view this information if they
have purchased pay as you go credit (including Auto top-up) from Oyster
online.
/quote

Another problem with Oyster that does not seem to have a reason.

Sounds like a good use of IT to me. Do you also object to your bank
holding details of who has paid into your account and who has been paid by
you?

Public bodies don't have a good track record of keeping computer data very
secure.

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regards

Stephen

I work in IT.

So what? So did I.

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Richard J.
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