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EFF To Appeal Court Order Vs. Subway Hack Demo

Posted by kdawson on from the tell-no-one dept.

snydeq sends along InfoWorld coverage of the EFF's plans to appeal a US District Court order that kept three MIT students from presenting detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority e-ticketing system at Defcon. And an anonymous reader points out that the MBTA, in addition to triggering the Streisand Effect, released in open court more information on vulnerabilities (PDF) than the students had any intention of presenting. See Exhibit 1 to this court filing.

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  1. Re:Responsibility? by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Then they go and release more sensitive details in their court documents which are public record than the original presentation was to discuss.

    It's not often you get to see someone step on their own pecker with both feet, while advertising the fact.

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  2. Re:First amendment by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's because of terrorism that people can't bring their own coke to a plane anymore

    I'm pretty sure that was illegal prior to 9-11.