On 08/12/13 15:02, Aemilianus Kehler wrote:
This was the network I assumes would be used to secure their QR transfers.
Here's a reason not, (that I didn't think of when discussing reasons not with some other people the other night) -- things like Navigo, electronic street signs, radio network, and GPS tracking were done in-house -- farebox came from a vendor.
Sorry Alex, even though it shouldn't have been posted I'm sure there are others who already thought of exactly what was discussed.
I don't think anyone should get their attire in a bunch over this issue. Bottom line #1 is that these QR codes and the data they hold are transparent by design -- if the vendor thought keeping them away from prying eyes was important they would have encrypted them with a decryption key available to every box. (set per transit provider)
It's not like this is a smartcard chip where "don't touch" is much more implied and where indeed there have been conflicts in the past between metros and curious people.
In my opinion, the QR codes are an HR gift from the vendor to Winnipeg Transit, anyone who sends in their own decent analysis should be offered at least a job interview.
And bottom line #2 is that the buses are a major place of surveillance (4 cameras?), cheaters will be detected and correlated with video and put on the wall/binder of banned passages that transit must already have. (from people who bring other awful behaviors on to the bus.)
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