oysterized

The "London Student" has some interesting informations about the good old OYSTER CARD- (aka the english public transportation card) :

"the Oyster card's software has been widely lambasted for its poor security, and in June 2008, Dutch researchers sucessfully hacked into the card, allowing them to steal infrmation from oblivious commuters. [...] I, like many other law-abiding citizens, also have to endure constant observation by our army of 4.2 million CCTV cameras. One may therefore mistakenly believe that this erosion of our privacy was unsurpassable; however, Oyster cards take surveillance to new heights. "

( by Janagan Alagarajah,

from The London Student, volume 29, issue 3- 20th October 2008)

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