EU citizens’ rights are under threat from anti-encryption proposals

Re:EU citizens’ rights are under threat from anti-encryption... by csnover on Thursday January 28, 2021 @03:41PM (#25948862)

They are probably thinking of the MBTA CharlieCard[0][1], which was cracked by MIT students. The MBTA sued them to try to keep them from presenting their research at DEFCON.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CharlieCard#Security_concerns

[1] https://archive.boston.com/business/articles/2008/03/06/t_ca...

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Re:EU citizens’ rights are under threat from anti-encryption... by teekert on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:32AM (#25955285)

I remember reading a story here about (New York's) subway system and a copied master-key that got around. Can't find it here, but If found this: [0]

[0] https://www.nj.com/news/2010/04/master_keys_to_nyc_subway_je...

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Re:EU citizens’ rights are under threat from anti-encryption... by csnover on Sunday January 31, 2021 @03:53PM (#25982472)

That does actually make more sense, given the OP’s comment about master keys leaking. I remembered the CharlieCard thing because it was a pretty big deal at the time, and I couldn’t find anything relevant about MTA when I searched, so assumed it was a misremembering since this all happened over a decade ago. Thanks for the link! (I wonder what the outcome was of New York’s audit…)

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