Judge backs hackers in Boston subway dispute

[Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio () netti fi>]

The state of this case change almost daily...

"BOSTON (Reuters) - Three students from the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology who found a way to hack into 
Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw,
a court ruled on Tuesday in a decision hailed as a victory for academic freedom.

The students from the university, regarded as one of the world's top science and engineering schools,
raised the ire of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority with a paper demonstrating how someone could work 
around flaws in Boston's "Charlie Card" automated fare system.

They had planned to present the paper, which showed how anyone could take thousands of free rides on subways and buses,
at a hackers conference in Las Vegas this month."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1930518220080819
 
Juha-Matti
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