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

[Schneider Fred]

They average 125 per car per trip.   You tell me.   The subway  
averages  250 per train per trip.

On Aug 12, 2008, at 5:36 PM, Richard Allman wrote:

> are MTA's counts high or low? On Light Rail, I suspect it sould be
> either-they have not a clue!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Schneider Fred" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:06 PM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fwd: Courts Muzzles Hackers Who Wanted To  
> Explain How To
> Get Free Subway Rides
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>> 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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