Oyster Card Hack To Be Released, In Good Time

DangerFace writes "A little while ago some Dutch researchers cracked the Oyster card, meaning they could get free public transport around London. The company that makes the cards, NXP, sought and got an injunction to stop the exploit being published, but that has now been overruled by a Dutch judge. The lovely Dutch blokes are holding off from releasing the hack for the time being, to give NXP time to secure their systems."

Comments

Re:let em release it

[Notquitecajun]

Yep, it's always nice to get a "free" ride off the back of people who actually work and contribute.

Re:I'm not surprised

[Hognoxious]

To the Cheeseheads anything that's not free is expensive.

Re:I'm not surprised

[Pig Hogger]

Both of our countries are culturally rich, with a fascinating history, but yours seems far superior when it comes to the management of public services.

The thing is, the britshit have been totally subverted by the bourgeois, and those only want everyone to use their own motorcars, so they can enslave the people into being utterly dependent on the bourgeois selling petrol and tyres so the people can get along, as well as putting up with anorak bosses so they can make their car payments.

Those very same bourgeois do not want any State involvement in any thing at all, so public transportation is being inefficiently doled-out to private operators that will give less bang for the pound as they have to divert operating/maintenance funds to their bottom-line (inexistent in publically-operated systems), and it is thus priced in a very anticompetitive manner so people will want to get their own motorcars.

Re:This is a perfect example...

[mvdwege]

Unfortunately, the chip used in the Oyster Card is the same one that the Dutch government was planning on rolling out this summer in the Dutch nationwide public transport system. And this was mentioned in TFA.

So take your attitude, and shove it where the sun doesn't shine, OK?

Mart