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Massachusetts Sues to Halt Defcon Subway Hacking Talk

Posted by timothy on from the this-has-not-been-cleared-with-upstairs dept.

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."

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  1. Re:oh good... let's all bury our heads... by Original+Replica · · Score: 1, Troll

    rather then make sure they have a techie in attendance so that they may learn something and find a workaround the issue, Boston's lawyers suggested that burying your head in the sand

    Remember, it's Boston: the city that is terrified of Cartoon Network. The city that went $8.6 billion over budget on "The Big Dig" which should have cost $6 billion, and it's a piece of crap. Did you really expect competence from that government?

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