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Posted by WillD on Sat Feb 4 01:04:32 2012, in response to Re: Germany facing ''epidemic'' of fare evasion (POP doesn't work), posted by Olog-hai on Sat Feb 4 00:04:07 2012. Sure they will. They'll almost inevitably be able to read those same messages. For this online organization arrangement to pose a major problem to the transit system the fare beaters will have to open up their information to virtually anyone who requests it. It'd be almost impossible for that information they're providing to potential fare beaters to be withheld from the transit agency. All they'll have to do is look at where the potential fare beaters consider them to be weak and spring a few surprises on them.I'm not sure why you're targeting POP, when any other fare control system other than an onboard Conductor is just as open to the same exploit in the face of a determined group organized through the internet. The Germans just happen to use POP, and they've come to recognize the problem associated with online organization a bit before the rest of us. But a similar system could easily be set up in NYC indicating where a police officer is not patrolling the gates. If anything, NYCT's lack of proof of payment makes it more exposed to this problem because once they hop the gate in the absence of a cop they're free. It is also worth noting that the transit system itself could do well to put up their own information regarding POP control teams through a third party website, but to do so in an incomplete or misleading manner. Leaving a few apparent gaping holes in the enforcement and then putting teams in those areas to catch the farebeaters would be a good way to take a lot of the steam out of this social media effort. |