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Security quotes of the weekSecurity quotes of the weekPosted Oct 18, 2012 11:26 UTC (Thu) by freemars (subscriber, #4235)Parent article: Security quotes of the week
If the cards in a "clipper card" like system all have the same value (for example, unlimited rides for a calendar month) you could try to start a culture of random people swapping cards. Two people could trade cards after passing a turnstile or boarding a bus, both having just demonstrated their card is accepted by the system. It's a Cory Doctorowish plan, however; cool in concept but unlikely to work in a group of real people.
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Security quotes of the week Posted Oct 19, 2012 5:36 UTC (Fri) by dirtyepic (subscriber, #30178) [Link]
Yeah that'd work great when some random person murders someone while in possession of your card.
Security quotes of the week Posted Oct 19, 2012 5:44 UTC (Fri) by cpeterso (guest, #305) [Link]
The Clipper card is a debit card that is typically tied to a user's credit card.
Regarding card sharing, I read years ago about "some guy on the internet" who freely shared his Safeway Club card number (a grocery store loyalty program) with anyone. People would send him SASE and he would return barcode stickers of his card that people could affix to theirs. He liked the idea that Safeway's customer tracker would see "him" shopping in multiple states within the same day. Safeway said they didn't care (because it was just noise compared to all their data).
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