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Massachusetts Sues to Halt Defcon Subway Hacking Talk
According to CNET, "The state of Massachusetts has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation on Sunday about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system." It'll be interesting to see whether Dutch-style openness or Soviet-style secrecy prevails in Las Vegas. Update: 08/09 20:57 GMT by T : "Too late," says reader Bluey: "Injunction was already granted."
Who needs free speech anyway?
I can't say.
A learning experience is one of those things that say, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.' - D. Adams
Plead the fifth!
this is why I love government bureaucrats. They tend to be smarter then the average bear.
I was with you until right around... there.
Boston is merely afraid that this information will end up in Lunar hands. Entirely reasonable given that city's sad recent history.
Oppressing an entire population is never cheap.
--Jeckler (/. Beta IS GARBAGE!)
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/2007/01/attack_of_the_m.html
This should answer your confusion.
What's the value of information that you don't know?
Who's got a link to the presentation? It's called "Anatomy of a Subway Hack" and was distributed on the CDs that were handed out. There must be a copy on the Internet, I just can't find it.
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