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Man Fined For Implanting NFC Train Ticket In Hand (cnet.com)
Unhappy Windows User writes: An Australian man, when checked by a ticket inspector, claimed his smart travel card was implanted in his hand. He took the case to court and lost; the fine and legal fees add up to AU$1220 (USD $950). The man, who self-identifies as a biohacker and is a member of the Science Party, accepts the ruling but states that it won't discourage him from further biohacking. He claimed he was ahead of the law. The prosecution argued that, by cutting the chip out of the card, the ticket was invalidated. It is not clear from the article whether the NFC chip was working correctly and could be read by the inspector, or not. Further reading: BuzzFeed News
Equivalent to over $1000US. Wee bit harsh, no? Around NYC, if you don't have a ticket, they make you buy one for a bit of extra money ($5, I think). On express buses, if you don't have a ticket, the fine is around $100.
$1000 is robbery.
The serial number for smart card is 666.
After all, professor Warwick probably wasn't aware of the local rules.
Ezekiel 23:20
It is not clear from the article whether the NFC chip was working correctly and could be read by the inspector, or not.
BBC reports the implanted chip is still readable.
ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI!?
The chip could be read. At least that's what German IT news site Golem claims.
The guy's name is Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow.
Really.
How does he expect people to take him seriously? (That's a serious question.)
If you're a zombie and you know it, bite your friend!
The prosecution argued that, by cutting the chip out of the card, the ticket was invalidated.
Next time, implant the entire card.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
Well, no wonder it didn't work. A 666 smart card has to be implanted in the forehead, not the hand.
I thought everyone knew that.
I've fallen off your lawn, and I can't get up.
He still f'ing paid for the ticket. That he has the physical card or just the chip shouldn't matter, he had a paid for ticket. His lawyer was terrible for losing this.
The headline "Man Fined For Implanting NFC Train Ticket In Hand" is clearly wrong.
He was fined because "The prosecution argued that, by cutting the chip out of the card, the ticket was invalidated.".
Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow, formerly known as Stuart McKellar, pleaded guilty in Newtown Local Court on Friday to attempting to travel without a ticket and not showing a ticket for inspection in August 2017, despite having tapped on using his implanted chip.
https://www.smh.com.au/technology/scientist-who-implanted-opal-card-in-his-hand-guilty-of-fare-evasion-20180316-p4z4qj.html
Should have told them he implanted the whole card.
Not only do you have to tap on, but you have to show the ticket or Opal card when requested.
And then removed his appendage in the process.
Hey, it's like when you forget a payment on your organs, they send out biohackers to hack it out of you.
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You can get the equipment needed to clone a NFC card on Amazon for under $70. What if he cloned it instead and still had the original, would he have got in trouble then?
He wasn’t fined for implanting the chip is his hand. He was fined for defacing/destroying his electronic ticket card and trying to ride the train.
Stop attempting to use logic, this is a court room sir!
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Yeah, I don't see them going after any school kids that lost or destroyed these cards. Flushing it in the toilet, microwaving it, lighting it on fire, etc. You know, typical kid stuff.
This is very much a case of the law being applied on a technicality in order to intimidate one person. When so many other cases where the technically applies are ignored.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
If he's smart he will implant the entire card in his hand.
love is just extroverted narcissism
It was further reported here in Australia that he used a 'friends' card so that he still had his intact. Read into that what you will.
editing your genome might be. Or changing your gut bacteria. Or maybe even laser eye surgery. But this is no more bio hacking then getting your ears pierced.
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sanity(Member of the Australia Science Party) = sanity(Member of US Libertarian Party)
Actually the Australia Science Party doesn't sound bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Perhaps we need a party like this.
Any business would only care if he had paid for the service.
Oh you implanted it in your hand that's uhhh neat? It's still $20 a swipe tho. *beep* Oh it worked how about that have a nice day sir.
So either after implanting it it didn't work either because something broke or they need other information from the card (maybe that particular reader required a magnetic strip?)
Or maybe they just happen to be jerks.
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Or maybe they just happen to be jerks.
Government service attracts officious bureaucrats like flies to shit.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Has anyone come up with a solution to that yet?
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This is an interesting argument. Just what part of an NFC-enabled ticket is the ticket? If the NFC part suddenly breaks, does the traveler still get fined? This here should say no: Traveler didn't put the NFC in there, if he cuts everything out but the NFC it's not a ticket, so a ticket without NFC ought to still be a ticket even if it can't be read.
I don't particularly mind this interpretation, in fact I would be bothered if either cutting the NFC out (still working) AND a broken NFC in the ticket BOTH invalidate the ticket. What, then, would the ticket be?
But then, I also think that implanting RFID/NFC chips for any reason is an anathema and doing it yourself is just stupid.
On another note, in Sweden you can have tickets officially implanted, and at least one person in the Netherlands did it himself. The difference is that he got permission to use an NFC chip that way beforehand. I wonder how the checking goes, though. The conductor probably has to hold the checker apparatus against his hand, like some modern day mediaeval chivalry inspired scene.
Meow-Meow is "ahead of the law," his lawyer Nicholas Broadbent told the ruling Magistrate
Ultimately this was an exercise in stupidity. He was charged for defacing and not having a valid ticket. And his defence was that he was ahead of the law because the law didn't take into account that someone may be able to cut up the ticket and still pay for the transport.
It is a very strange way to try and defend yourself.
If he's smart he will implant the entire card in his hand.
If we're lucky, he will implant the entire card in his head.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
An Australian man and member of the Science Party wanted more government involvement in transportation.
An Australian man and member of the Science Party experienced more government involvement in transportation!
It's a perfect time for being wasted.
A perfect time to watch the stars.
- Burden Brothers, "Beautiful Night"
Setting fire to the shit helps.
Monarchy. The king can overrule any bureaucrat. It has its own problems, such as insane or idiot kings.
It's pretty cool.
He is likely to be taken as seriously as Beezow Doo-Doo Zopittybop-Bop-Bop
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop-bop-bop-arrested_us_56b1b6aae4b01d80b2448897
or Julius Andreas Gimli Arn MacGyver Chewbacka Highlander Elessar-Jankov
https://www.buzzfeed.com/awesomer/julius-andreas-gimli-arn-macgyver-chewbacka-highla-cci?utm_term=.gcJgqlqX6#.mp1e3w38Q
He was fined for defacing/destroying his electronic ticket card and trying to ride the train.
I'm wondering what basis the train company is making that claim on. Did the guy admit to doing it?
It's not like NFC chips of all types aren't readily available to purchase and program.
An NFC programmer to clone the card the train co gave him, and write the same data to the chip in his hand, is SOP.
These things are $0.05-$0.30 USD if you buy the smallest possible quantity, and cheaper if you buy them by the 100's.
Using an original card to implant sounds like an infection waiting to happen. The new tags would at least be clean, and provide enough of them to do multiple sterilizations without any concern for ruining a few in the process.
Donald Trump would make a great king, him being a stable genius and all.
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Yeah, I don't see them going after any school kids that lost or destroyed these cards. Flushing it in the toilet, microwaving it, lighting it on fire, etc. You know, typical kid stuff.
Because they aren't still trying to use them. If your card is damaged, you are told to get a new one. If you don't, then you get fined.
This is very much a case of the law being applied on a technicality in order to intimidate one person. When so many other cases where the technically applies are ignored.
Are you one of those FOTL nutters?
The full story is that he was told to get a replacement card (in accordance with the terms and conditions). He argued with the transit guard who had enough and issued him with a $220 fine and the instruction to buy a new Opal card. Idiot with stupid name decided to fight it and go to court, he lost in court because the transit authority was not being unreasonable and well within their rights. So idiot was slugged with the transit authorities court costs as well as the fine (In Australia, loser pays the court costs and winners legal fees, this system prevents companies from using the legal system to strong arm the little guy).
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.