[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

[Richard Jones]

On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:02:02AM +0000, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> Richard Jones wrote:
> > He shouldn't have to pay for privacy.  What is the reason for TfL
> > collecting this data?
> 
> Ostensibly so that if you're card is lost or stolen, you can quickly be 
> issued a new travelcard.
> 
> It's a bit hard to do that when someone is using an unregistered card 
> and has paid in cash. 

But why does the cash-only option cost _more_?  Using the argument
above, it should be cheaper, because it comes without an insurance
component.

Rich.

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Richard Jones
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