[PRCo] Re: Fwd: Courts Muzzles Hackers Who Wanted To Explain How To Get Free Subway Rides

[Schneider Fred]

You want to have some fun John?

Lets get a gang of people to ride the Baltimore MTA light rail and  
subway and count passengers to see just how distorted their passenger  
counts are.   I'll bet we can get arrested for doing that.


On Aug 12, 2008, at 8:32 AM, John Swindler wrote:

>
>
> But what else would you expect from T management?  I can guarentee  
> you that these students are not the only people capable of  
> discovering the security flaw.  Why not: 'thank you for bringing  
> this flaw to our attention - now how can we correct it??  Instead  
> it looks like 'lets shoot the messenger'.
>
> Isn't this the same management that goes ballistic when a camera  
> appears near their property?
>
> I bet Derrick could provide us with a long list of instances in the  
> computer field where companies don't want to recognize and deal  
> with flaws in their software.
>
> Cheers
> John
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> From:  
>> fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Fwd: Courts Muzzles  
>> Hackers Who Wanted To Explain How To Get Free Subway Rides> Date:  
>> Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:04:10 -0400> > Some of you probably have  
>> already seen this gem.....> > > Subject: Courts Muzzles Hackers  
>> Who Wanted To Explain How To Get > > Free Subway Rides> >> > CTA  
>> is fortunate MIT is not in Chicago.> > http://www.alleyinsider.com/ 
>> 2008/8/courts-muzzles-hackers-who- > > wanted-to-explain-how-get- 
>> free-subway-rides> >> > > >
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