An inexcusable NYC subway security flaw has been revealed, allowing anyone with knowledge of a user’s credit card number and…

  • Pons_Aelius
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    21 year ago

    anyone with knowledge of a user’s credit card number and expiry date to track all journeys made within the past seven days.

    Honestly, if someone has your CC number and expiry date the last thing I would be worried about is them being able to see my history of subway trips.

    • @sramder
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      01 year ago

      Probably, but I’d still argue that one of the things you shouldn’t have to worry about is that data easily revealing your location history. It’s just kind of a goofy feature for the transit system to offer that has a lot of abuse potential that most customers aren’t aware of.