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MIT Hackers Restrained

Kirth Gerson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:09:55 -0800

Three MIT students planned to reveal to Defcon how to make counterfeit "Charley Cards" - the electronic passes that allow access to Boston's MBTA transit system. The MBTA sued for a restraining order, and a judge has granted it. The MBTA complaint (PDF) The Judge's order (PDF) Robert Cringely on the subject

Random ID checks are next

FreezBoy — Tue, 08 Jun 2004 07:21:21 -0800

Unreasonable Search and Seizure? Boston's MBTA to begin randomly searching passenger bags and packages next month on subway and commuter trains. Last month they started playing frequent Big Brother-type announcements as part of their See Something? Say Something(pdf) - Transit Watch program. I'm either reminded of "Loose Lips, Sink Ships" or Starship Troopers' "Do you want to know more?".

agaffin — Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:41:24 -0800

The MBTA, Boston's transit system, launched a redesigned Web site today. Fairly unremarkable, if you ask me, except that every single page features a prominent "Bobby Approved logo, which is supposed to mean the site is fully accessible to the visually impaired. In fact, it isn't, which you'll find out if you run a Bobby report on the site.