Massachusetts Sues to Halt Defcon Subway Hacking Talk

According to CNET, "The state of Massachusetts has asked a federal judge for a temporary restraining order preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation on Sunday about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system." It'll be interesting to see whether Dutch-style openness or Soviet-style secrecy prevails in Las Vegas. Update: 08/09 20:57 GMT by T : "Too late," says reader Bluey: "Injunction was already granted."

Re:Frist Amendment

[thermian]

Who needs free speech anyway?

I can't say.

Re:Frist Amendment

[Anonymous Coward]

Plead the fifth!

Re:oh good... let's all bury our heads...

[MindlessAutomata]

this is why I love government bureaucrats. They tend to be smarter then the average bear.

I was with you until right around... there.

Re:oh good... let's all bury our heads...

[Mix+Master+Nixon]

Boston is merely afraid that this information will end up in Lunar hands. Entirely reasonable given that city's sad recent history.

Re:ROFLOLOL!!111 +5 Funny? Moderators on crack aga

[BPPG]

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/brainiac/2007/01/attack_of_the_m.html [boston.com]

This should answer your confusion.

Re:Frist Amendment

[snowraver1]

Who's got a link to the presentation? It's called "Anatomy of a Subway Hack" and was distributed on the CDs that were handed out. There must be a copy on the Internet, I just can't find it.