New Fastpasses!!!

[felinefan]

Like when they introduced the new, supposedly counterfeit-proof twenty dollar bills a number of years ago; within two weeks there were counterfeits of them floating all over New York City.

[turkeyham]

I have not seen the new fast passes yet. I guess I will see them when I come out.

When I was in high school, one day we ditched school and went to the park. We saw a group of people rubbing the invisable ink onto each others hands. I saw security haul the group away.

That teaches them to cheat the system.

[Rob562]

Like when they introduced the new, supposedly counterfeit-proof twenty dollar bills a number of years ago; within two weeks there were counterfeits of them floating all over New York City.

There was a story on the radio here in Boston this morning. Apparently some MIT students were planning on giving a lecture at a hacker's conference in Vegas this weekend, telling how to hack into the "CharlieCard" system on the MBTA (or just "The T", the subway in Boston). The CharlieCards are stored-value smartcards that you just wave at a target to get through the turnstile, and it deducts your fare from the card.
Apparently the MBTA got a judge to issue an injunction to keep the students from giving their lecture. The students claim that they first offered to show the T what the flaws in the security were, but that the T wasn't interested. The T says that the students never returned their calls and messages from officials after the first (and only) time the students contacted the T.

-Rob

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

There was a story on the radio here in Boston this morning. Apparently some MIT students were planning on giving a lecture at a hacker's conference in Vegas this weekend, telling how to hack into the "CharlieCard" system on the MBTA (or just "The T", the subway in Boston). The CharlieCards are stored-value smartcards that you just wave at a target to get through the turnstile, and it deducts your fare from the card.
Apparently the MBTA got a judge to issue an injunction to keep the students from giving their lecture. The students claim that they first offered to show the T what the flaws in the security were, but that the T wasn't interested. The T says that the students never returned their calls and messages from officials after the first (and only) time the students contacted the T.

-Rob

Thats a FUN conference to attend, especially if you are into "applied electronics" and other things! The fun game is to spot the mole!

[TdcOgre]

There was a story on the radio here in Boston this morning. Apparently some MIT students were planning on giving a lecture at a hacker's conference in Vegas this weekend, telling how to hack into the "CharlieCard" system on the MBTA (or just "The T", the subway in Boston). The CharlieCards are stored-value smartcards that you just wave at a target to get through the turnstile, and it deducts your fare from the card.
Apparently the MBTA got a judge to issue an injunction to keep the students from giving their lecture. The students claim that they first offered to show the T what the flaws in the security were, but that the T wasn't interested. The T says that the students never returned their calls and messages from officials after the first (and only) time the students contacted the T.

-Rob

Me, I tend to believe the MIT students version of the story. The court papers filed in the case included the the students findings about the
CharlieCards. From what I read, fixing them isn't that arduous a task but it would involve spending 37¢. I would wager that the MIT students did contact the MBTA and the T ignored them, hoping they'd go away. When they didn't; the T sued trying to shut them up. Many businesses go this route these days. You should look at all the ridiculous DMCA claims there are.

[mechurchlady]

I do not like smart cards that you wave to get gasoline at Mobil stations. If someone finds your smart card then all they need is wave to get gas and with a credit card is the zip code. There was an article on how people will go to a gas station and offer to use a card to get you $25 in gas for $15 in cash because they are short on cash right now and need food for example.

[hobie16]

Boston government appears to be made up by Luddites. First they have a city-wide shut down when some small flashing signs appear all over town and then they bust a MIT student at the airport who has a circuit board attached to her sweatshirt. Those guys are wrapped a little too tight.

[hhsrat]

telling how to hack into the "CharlieCard" system on the MBTA (or just "The T", the subway in Boston). The CharlieCards are stored-value smartcards that you just wave at a target to get through the turnstile, and it deducts your fare from the card.

I don't know who's right in this argument, but I love that the MBTA named their fare cards the "Charlie Card" ... if nothing else, just for the tribute to this song

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Boston government appears to be made up by Luddites. First they have a city-wide shut down when some small flashing signs appear all over town and then they bust a MIT student at the airport who has a circuit board attached to her sweatshirt. Those guys are wrapped a little too tight.

Was that the t-shirt with a built in Wi-FI detector?

There are a lot of other t-shirts out there that will light up with embedded L.E.D.'s and other things!!

[Fizzgig]

Hubby just got back from DefCon and he said EFF is representing the MIT kids. :D: