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EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge

Posted Aug 10, 2008 1:30 UTC (Sun) by Sutoka (guest, #43890)
In reply to: EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge by rmmst49
Parent article: EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge

This situation is as hilarious as it is sad (and I was laughing quite a bit while reading the
pdf). Since the presentation is already online they've gained *nothing* by stopping the talk,
and in reality they've only given it FAR more publicity than it would have otherwise received.
Really it's like grasping water... the tigher your grip, the more you'll lose.

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Posted Aug 10, 2008 4:19 UTC (Sun) by ekj (subscriber, #1524) [Link]

Yeah, Streisand-effect strikes again !

EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge

Posted Aug 10, 2008 10:52 UTC (Sun) by chel (guest, #11544) [Link]

I just see a paper describing well known problems, a survey of current security and way's to
improve it. The fact MBTA thinks this talk reveals flaws indeed is as hilarious as it is sad.
They should know these problems and they also should know these problems are well known.

EFF: MIT Students Gagged by Federal Court Judge

Posted Aug 15, 2008 21:17 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954) [Link]

The fact MBTA thinks this talk reveals flaws indeed is as hilarious as it is sad.

But the fact is true.

If the talk doesn't reveal flaws, why would anyone attend? The paper definitely revealed flaws to me.

I don't think the MBTA claimed the talk revealed flaws that were not known to, or discoverable by, anybody. The claim was that it would reveal them to some people who would otherwise remain ignorant of them.