[Gllug] Oyster cards vulnerable?

[Chris Bell]

On Thu 24 Jan, Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> 
> Bruce Richardson wrote:
> > But there isn't any cash being put on the *card*, is there? 
> 
> I was wondering about this myself.  If there's no "cash" on the card,  
> how does Oyster on buses work?   It would require then to be continually 
> connected to the central database in order to process transactions.

   It does not always work (I have an elderly person pass, but it uses the
same system)

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