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MBTA, not run by the brightest bulbs in the state

Here is a great article about government behaving badly.  The MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority) is upset because some MIT students hacked their RFID system for subway passes.  They sued and asked the judge to order the MIT students "from publicly stating or indicating that the security or integrity of the CharlieCard pass, the CharlieTicket pass, or the MBTA's Fare Media systems has been compromised."  Nice going nitwits, you basically just did that yourself.  Read more by following the link.

Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking | News - Security - CNET News.com