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Re: road toll transponder hacked
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Levine)
Thu Aug 28 11:23:32 2008
Date: 28 Aug 2008 04:52:03 -0000
From: John Levine <johnl@iecc.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
In-Reply-To: <2D30B29B-E9CA-4F8A-8127-88495DE0BA33@shipwright.com>
Cc: rah@shipwright.com
>> The relationship to this list may then be thin
>> excepting that the collection and handling of
>> such data remains of substantial interest.
>
>Actually, it points to cash settlement of road tolls.
That's not unknown. On the Niagara Falls toll bridges, they have an
ETC system where you buy your transponder for cash at a toll booth and
refill it with cash. I suppose they could take your picture and link
it to your license plate, but they can do that if you throw quarters
into the bin, too.
R's,
John
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