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Have Oyster cards been hacked yet?
On Wed, 30 May 2007 14:07:13 GMT, Steve wrote:
This will be hacked eventually, but the hard part is not getting caught. Duplicates and cards with false cash/travelcards will be easy to spot, and Duplicates you could spot , not sure how you'd spot the fake balance or period unless the gate communicates with a database containing that info for every ticket which I don't think it does. The fake balance would be easy to spot overnight when the transactions are balanced together, but that would give the user a free day. I don't know if the main tube readers are linked to the main system, they could be, but the extra cost of handling a fast transactual system Vs a nightly batch system might not make it worthwhile. There'd be no point at all. The most you could "steal" in a single day would be £12.70 worth of transportation (the Z1-6 peak cap). |
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