update on MBTA subway hack legal case

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008
by leftystrat

While it took about a week and a half, a judge has now lifted the gag order that had prevented some MIT students from sharing a presentation about vulnerabilities in the Boston subway system. The judge refused to ban the students from talking about it for a period of five months (which the MBTA insisted it needed to fix the system). This is definitely a win for free speech, though I’m sure the debate over how and when to disclose security vulnerabilities will continue for a long, long time.

Chalk up one for the EFF and the remaining bits of the First Amendment!

One Comment

Ciara Barrett

August 20th, 2008
at 9:27am

In response to the lifting of the gag order: 90.9 WBUR’s Monica Brady-Myerov reports on the MIT/MBTA hack scandal Aug. 20 on “Here & Now” with Robin Young.

Listen online at http://www.here-now.org/shows/2008/08/20080820.asp - also you can view the “Anatomy of a Subway Hack” slideshow presentation causing all the trouble.

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