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Issues and controversies

The early patent applications for the Smart card were filed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A Smart card was used for pay telephone payments in 1983. Subsequently the technology has been widely used in Europe and the USA for various purposes. The the ploy of premature tap out to evade part of a fare would have been obvious to the manufacturer and to anyone making a serious plan of implementation in a transit system. The sentence "During system testing in September 2013, testers found a loophole that would allow riders to travel two or three zones while paying for a single zone." is peculiar. Why would people implementing the system have ignored such an obvious flaw or vulnerability? If someone can excavate details to clarify the story, a revision would be appropriate. Regards, PeterEasthope (talk) 23:40, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That language does downplay the seriousness of the oversight involved in this "loophole" being implemented. There would also be no way, as far as I know, transit fare checker knowing whether someone has tapped-out or not, unless they carry around another smart card reader with a data connection. I believe there is serious incompetence and corruption here and it needs more attention. Thanks for your contribution to the page. --OKNoah (talk) 03:22, 9 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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