[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

[Richard Cottrill]

On 23/01/2008, Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Oyster Cards were cracked a while ago.  They are surprisingly crude
> things.  If TfL had spent another tuppence per card, they could have had
> one with proper encryption.  Instead, they chose the cheapest option...

<rant>
Do what? Do you mean: cut into EDS's (read: any large consultancy's)
margin; or choose a technically superior solution over a partner's
piece of garbage? Surely you jest. "Commercial sensitivity" is the
priority in all dealings at that level.
</rant>

Richard
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