tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post114098806329122280..comments2024-03-18T09:13:19.346+00:00Comments on panGloss: Oyster cards, privacy and securitypanglosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00900934369744270540noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post-1142339148197362232006-03-14T12:25:00.000+00:002006-03-14T12:25:00.000+00:00We have been worried enough about the lack of secu...We have been worried enough about the lack of security and privacy of the Oyster Card to use aluminium foil to shield ours for over 2 years now. See: <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.spy.org.uk/spyblog/2004/02/foiling_the_oyster_card.html" REL="nofollow">"Foiling the Oyster Card"</A><BR/><BR/>The BBC also now report that the <A HREF="http://www.mayor-of-london.co.uk/blog/2006/03/oyster_card_data_use_by_the_police.html" REL="nofollow">Police are increasingly using the Oyster Card data</A> for criminal investigations, and it is <B>not clear</B> if this involves <B>database trawling of innocent travellers' data</B> or not, especially in conjunction with the omnipresent CCTV surveillance systems on London Transport.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post-1141123258353723522006-02-28T10:40:00.000+00:002006-02-28T10:40:00.000+00:00Ahh good point!No receipts available I guess?Ahh good point!<BR/>No receipts available I guess?panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00900934369744270540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16688455.post-1141035231812916222006-02-27T10:13:00.000+00:002006-02-27T10:13:00.000+00:00Actually, you do need access to your own journeys,...Actually, you do need access to your own journeys, if you're making expenses claims against travel on a pre pay card. How else are you going to prove you made the journey?Simon Bissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15093244547631677904noreply@blogger.com