2 thoughts on “Public transportation in distress – part II

  1. The version of the OV card used in Amsterdam (and thus likely everywhere?) has been ruled in violation with Dutch privacy law by CBP now! That’s a hallmark verdict (although not legally definitive) for the OV chipcard; you see how important it is in Huizinga’s response, who now has demanded an independant research as well, besides TLS’s own research and that of TNO, who are being paid by TLS.

    This is getting more serious by the day now.

  2. The card in Amsterdam is being banned for the organization managing it keeps hold of too much personal information (nal) and track records for too long of a period; the card in Rotterdam apparently does not. (Or they are simply not sued for it)

    I’m in favor of truely independent research, unfunded and unbiased as conducted by a party which can not be a stakeholder in any conceivable way.
    Also, yet unrelated, I’m surprised by the security-proposition of the card and it’s system. Apparently, there only is one layer of security in place which irreversibly and nonnegotiable lends access to all cards once breached. I’m stunned to conclude there is no fail-over system implemented, basing my conclusion on the scarcely available information at this point in time.
    If so: TLS -> FAIL!

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