This I have been following pretty closely lately, a group of MIT students, for a class project, wrote up a 30 page vulnerability assessment report on Massachussets Bay Transportation Authority Payment and Card Systems, and were planning to present it at this year's Defcon (last weekend). Unfortunately for the MBTA, copies of the presentation slides were sent out to conference attendees before they were able to file a restraining order for information disclosure.
MBTA is worried sick about their system being attacked, reasonable, i guess, but they should have tested and thought of those things prior to putting the system in place.
EFF (Electronic Frontier Organization) on the other hand is defending the publishing right of the researchers, saying that it is unconstitutional to have a government agency to review what you want to say, before you say it...
I'm on the MIT kids side, let's hope 1st Appeals court will see what i see here...
MIT Students Submit 30-Page Report; Judge Lets Gag Order Stand -- UPDATED | Threat Level from Wired.com
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Microsoft, the leader in using innovative tactics to promote irksome experience, coupled with antiquated technology that's held together by a pyramid of makeshift afterthoughts.
Apple, the leader in using irksome tactics to promote innovative experience, coupled with an antiquated core that's enhanced by state-of-the-art afterthoughts.
Linux, the leader in not using any tactics to promote user-defined experience, coupled with state-of-the-art core enhanced by innovative afterthoughts.
