[pp.int.general] Big Brother in NL?

Reinier Bakels rbakels at ffii.org
Thu Nov 26 23:05:55 CET 2009


>    Well, when you upload your anonymous card using your pinpass or credit 
> card
>    you are not that anonymous anymore.
>
> Indeed, to avoid being tracked, you must pay with cash,
> unless the system is set up to preserve your anonymity
> as I proposed earlier.
>
> Find a few like-minded travellers who also object to being tracked, and 
> arrange to randomly trade cards as often as practical. Perhaps the pirate 
> party can organise RFID-swapping parties as these technologies become more 
> pervasive?
>
You miss the point. TYRaveling anonymously is not that difficult. The 
problem is that you have to disclose your identity if you don't want to pay 
the full fare. Typically there are MANY options fo reduced tariffs. In sum, 
privacy has a (high) price, in this type of system.
reinier








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