EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge

Three MIT students have been ordered by a US Federal judge to cancel their presentation at DEFCON in Las Vegas. The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) sued the students to stop the presentation of security problems with MBTA fare cards. In a special Saturday court session, they were ordered not to disclose their findings for ten days. The Electronic Frontier Foundation represented the students, click below for their press release. "The court relied on a federal law aimed at computer intrusions in issuing its order, holding that even discussing the flaws at a public conference constituted a 'transmission' of a computer program that could harm the fare collection system."

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