Re: MTA "Smart Card" phase 1 coming in September...

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From: Mike Kincaid
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:41

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In <3CA3CECB.D01C2F55@value.net> Silas Warner <silas@value.net> wrote:
>Mike Kincaid wrote:

>If that card were wireless, the crooks could have counterfeited it 
>just by coming within a few inches.

The card would have to be held still at a very close distance to the
machine for a number of seconds (longer than you would naturally keep it
there, and closer than you would get to the machine unless you intended
it to).  The fraud would be equally easy, but I doubt this would make it
any inherently easier.

Nonetheless, I wouldn't use any contactless ATM/credit card without
security measures far beyond Translink.

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