EFF To Appeal Court Order Vs. Subway Hack Demo

snydeq sends along InfoWorld coverage of the EFF's plans to appeal a US District Court order that kept three MIT students from presenting detailed flaws in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority e-ticketing system at Defcon. And an anonymous reader points out that the MBTA, in addition to triggering the Streisand Effect, released in open court more information on vulnerabilities (PDF) than the students had any intention of presenting. See Exhibit 1 to this court filing.

Re:First amendment

[Daimanta]

Terrrism!!!1!

Remove that link at once!

[Random BedHead Ed]

I say, this is intolerable! You Slashdottian ragamuffins should remove the hyperlink to that MIT-hosted court document post haste, or I shall be forced to request that these truckless tubes be cleansed of it ... in court! (There, that will put a decisive end to their meddling.)

Them again?

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is it that every time I read about the EFF or Lesig I hear about how they are going down in flames in once case or another? Are we taking about the Washington generals here? Whats it going to take for them to actually win something for a change.

Re:Responsibility?

[NFN_NLN]

Most street hooligans aren't MIT trained computer scientists./quote>

I blame the American education system. In India street hooligans must have at least a masters degree while ruffians and ne'er-do-wells have doctorates.

Re:This reminds me of...

[davec727]

I actually had a potentially infinite Hardee's gift card for a while. I put $20 on it, and I would estimate I got around $60 worth of food out of it, because the vast majority of the drive-thru monkeys at this particular Hardee's unintentionally (I assume) rang up the purchase as "gift" instead of "gift card.

I also effectively had an infinite gift card to Taco Bell, while I was working there. However, be careful what you wish for; infinite fast food has hefty consequences.

Has Boston's water supply been hacked?

[Anonymous Coward]

Given the number of security idiocies committed publicly by the Boston authorities, I hope somebody is checking the water supplies in city buildings for some additive that induces mass stupidity.

Re:Responsibility?

[FatdogHaiku]

...Then they go and release more sensitive details in their court documents which are public record than the original presentation was to discuss.

It's not often you get to see someone step on their own pecker with both feet, while advertising the fact.

Five Dollar Foot Longs

[Anonymous Coward]

I just hope the courts don't take away that excellent Five Dollar Foot Long deal.

Re:First amendment

[The Grim Reefer2]

It's because of terrorism that people can't bring their own coke to a plane anymore

I'm pretty sure that was illegal prior to 9-11.

Re:Responsibility?

[zippthorne]

If you were physically capable of doing that, I doubt you'd have any particular inclination to keep it a secret.