"The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the agency which maintains the New York City subway, says it has disabled a system that a 404 Media investigation found could allow stalkers or other third parties to follow specific travelers’ movements through the subway system just by entering their credit card number.
“This feature was meant to help our customers who want access to their tap-and-go trip histories, both paid and free, without having to create an OMNY account. As part of the MTA’s ongoing commitment to customer privacy, we have disabled this feature while we evaluate other ways to serve these customers,” MTA spokesperson Eugene Resnick told 404 Media in a statement on Thursday."
https://www.404media.co/mta-will-disable-omny-trip-history-feature-abuse/
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