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Re:People reluctant to use their Octopus cards for fear of l... by pcr0 on Friday June 14, 2019 @12:50PM (#20184439)
You can get an Octopus without an ID, but most people have their primary octopus linked to their ID for one of the following reasons: student transportation discounts, residential/school building access control, linked to credit card for automatic top-up, verification for child/elderly Octopus.

Given that a lot of the protestors were students maybe they're buying child tickets rather than paying double with an anonymous adult Octopus.

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Re:People reluctant to use their Octopus cards for fear of l... by oarsinsync on Thursday June 20, 2019 @09:14AM (#20232549)
> You can get an Octopus without an ID, but most people have their primary octopus linked to their ID for one of the following reasons: ... linked to credit card for automatic top-up

When did that become a thing? I've always known Octopus to be cash only. Can non-resident foreigners also top up by CC?

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