Privacy Concerns Surround Boston Subway's New Fare Card
Commuters in Boston could be letting loose personal and financial information when they use the subway system's new Charlie Card, critics contend. The automated fare collection system, which debuts within the next month, uses cards that contain a computer chip and can be loaded with money, which is automatically debited at fare gates. Critics say the system is ripe for identity theft. They say it's possible that hackers could get into the system's computers and steal personal data or that information could be released by mistake.
Some call T's new Charlie Card an invasion of privacy, Boston Globe, April 16, 2005.
