[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

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On 30 Jan 2008, Chris Jones stated:

> Hi
>
> David L Neil Mailing list a/c wrote:
>> read/read first time - as if the kinetic energy would improve the
>> wireless reception? Chuckle!
>
> It would reduce back-off delays from the reader only getting a partial
> match because the card is being gingerly hovered near it. I'm not saying
> they do back-off in such a situation, because I have no knowledge of the
> guts of Oyster readers, but it seems like a reasonable possibility.

Yeah, as far as I know the force doesn't help ;) it's the `good contact'
that helps.

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