AFAIK, the cards are still the same (Sony FeliCa: http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/): I never changed mine since I got it several years ago. The same card was also adopted in 2002 by EZ-Link in Singapore (http://www.ezlink.com.sg ).
Enzo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "'Ben Laurie'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Peter Fairbrother'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Florian Weimer'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'David Alexander Molnar'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'? Schmidt'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <cryptography@metzdowd.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 8:55 AM Subject: Re: EMV > ... the original introduction of HK octopus transit card used the > "sony" flavor of iso 14443 with 10cm and transit requirements of > transaction in 100ms. having it in the bottom of a bag and bringing the > bag within 10cm of the reader does the trick. > > there was a transit meeting where the mondex people attended ... they > claimed that they could also be used for transit ... just get a wireless > sleave for the mondex card ... and build 14' long tunnels leading up to > the transit gates ... and have the people walk slowly thru the tunnels. > > Gabriel Haythornthwaite wrote: > > In Hong Kong a lot of people do little more than wave their bags at the > > turnstile. Removing the wallet and revealing its size is unnecessary. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Cryptography Mailing List > Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
