DuBusGuy19 · @DuBusGuy19
65 followers · 722 posts · Server historians.social

in 1932, the owned Independent Subway System ( ) began operation. The line (today served primarily by the ) ran from 207th Street to Chambers Street in . and at some stations caused some exit closures at 96th and 103rd Streets. In February 1933, IND service was extended to . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independ

#onthisday #nyc #ind #8thavenue #atrain #manhattan #vandalism #theft #uptown #subway #brooklyn #otd #mta #newyorkcity #transit #history #masstransit

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DuBusGuy19 · @DuBusGuy19
62 followers · 690 posts · Server historians.social

Did you know that the Hall station was the first station constructed in ? More specifically, the platforms that are served today by the 4 and 5 . Opened 9 Jan 1908, its advent was greeted by waving Brooklynites, a , and a for the and types. Two on the outside of control celebrate this milestone for .

#borough #subway #underground #brooklyn #trains #flag #parade #banquet #politicians #business #basrelief #sculptures #mezzanine #fare #newyorkcity #nyc #history #histodons #mta #transit

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Tracked an Rider's Movements with an ‘Feature’
“Obviously this is a great fit for abusers,” - & expert
With their consent, they entered the rider’s —data often easy to buy from criminal marketplaces, or which might be trivial for an abusive partner to obtain—and entered it in , subway’s contactless payments system. Out came rider’s travel history for past 7 days, no other verification required.
404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subw

#404media #nyc #subway #mta #DomesticViolence #cybersecurity #creditcard #omny

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Thomas Malesys · @tmalesys
138 followers · 2017 posts · Server wonkodon.com

Again I am on a Q train that does not ride on the tracks of Q !

#mta #newyork #subway

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Gernot Wagner · @gwagner
5105 followers · 357 posts · Server fediscience.org
Ira Gershenhorn · @Iragersh
406 followers · 11173 posts · Server mstdn.social

The overcomplicates bus stops that don't have shelters. Just paint an existing pole like in San Francisco.

#sanfrancisco #busstop #sfmta #mta

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Miguel Afonso Caetano · @remixtures
723 followers · 2814 posts · Server tldr.nettime.org

: "During all this monitoring, I wasn’t anywhere near the rider. I didn’t even need to see them with my own eyes. Instead, I was sitting inside an apartment, following their movements through a feature on a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) website, which runs the New York City subway system.

With their consent, I had entered the rider’s credit card information—data that is often easy to buy from criminal marketplaces, or which might be trivial for an abusive partner to obtain—and punched that into the MTA site for OMNY, the subway’s contactless payments system. After a few seconds, the site churned out the rider’s travel history for the past 7 days, no other verification required.

The news presents a significant privacy risk from a feature that is supposedly designed for individuals to check their own travel history, but which in reality is wide open to abuse."

404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subw

#usa #nyc #mta #nycsubway #surveillance

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Dani B. :dc_badge: :metro: · @Dani
155 followers · 512 posts · Server dmv.community

What a nothingburger of a scare-story this is. First off, getting someone’s credit card number is not done easy task, you won’t just be able to casually track someone. Second, if you register your credit card on an OMNY account it doesn’t let you look up the ride history on the card without logging in to the account so it’s pretty easy to protect yourself 404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subw

#mta #omny

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Both the MTA and Apple have some explaining to do on this one!

NYC subway security flaw and 'impossible' Apple Pay vulnerability 9to5mac.com/2023/08/31/nyc-sub

#nyc #subway #mta #apple #security #applepay #vulnerability #creditcards #infosec #technews

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rēd · @redwireless
14 followers · 175 posts · Server mstdn.plus

@Techmeme "To fix the issue...all that the needed to do was add a PIN or a password."

#mta

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Zee · @zyz
131 followers · 6343 posts · Server mas.to
Joe Ortiz · @joeo10
434 followers · 5953 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

Here's a great piece from @josephcox as he followed a user's movements using 's track user history feature where he churned out the rider’s travel history for the past 7 days using the target's credit card information, no other verification required. 404media.co/i-tracked-nyc-subw

It echoes the well documented and issues that OMNY has over the years and it will be a sad day for privacy once the MetroCard fades out. stopspying.org/omny
fastcompany.com/90788367/the-m

#mta #omny #privacy #humanrights

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Ira Gershenhorn · @Iragersh
404 followers · 11132 posts · Server mstdn.social

That there is a subway to absorb all this water makes it better for the surface transportation (buses, trucks, bicycles, and cars).

If there were fewer cars, the bicycles, buses and trucks would move faster.

gothamist.com/news/times-squar




#congestionpricing #surfacetransportation #watermainbreak #mta

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SotS · @sots
137 followers · 307 posts · Server woof.group

Day 27. Mini Metro 🚇*


*other title is in the alt text

#brightpants #underwear #mta #kiki

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· @jzdm
53 followers · 366 posts · Server mieth.social

How do I configure to change both, the FROM and the TO field?
mailer.conf refers to ssmtp for , and is used by . Unfortunately, from- and to-fields in those mails only contain the local username and can not be delivered by the external mail server. Using mail(1) from the CLI does respect all the aliases from mail.rc and mails get delivered.
What's a proper way to setup system with external on ? Changing would be ok, if needed.

#ssmtp #sendmail #cron #mail #smtp #freebsd #mta #email #followerpower

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CLondoner92 · @CLondoner92
67 followers · 274 posts · Server mastodon.cloud

, : Changes to fares and tolls in 2023

On August 20, fare increases will go into effect across MTA subways, buses, and commuter railroads. Toll increases on bridges and tunnels went into effect on August 6.

new.mta.info/transparency/mta-

#newyorkcity #usa #mta

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Gambolloch · @Gambolloch
648 followers · 2188 posts · Server zirk.us

The day before the fares go up .15 cents, I’m waiting 19 minutes for the next train

#mta

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Ira Gershenhorn · @Iragersh
385 followers · 10459 posts · Server mstdn.social

Returning from in #1 car with no A/C. Totally packed. Long headways. Convinced the MTA would lose money no matter how high the ridership is.

#ridership #mta #brightonbeach

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Underway NYC subway app · @underway
31 followers · 40 posts · Server masto.nyc

The MTA just published their August 2023 map, and I just pushed updates for both iOS and Android to the App Store and Google Play. The new map removes labels from various avenues and areas around NYC. It certainly looks cleaner. Not sure yet if I'll miss the labels.

#nyc #nycsubway #nycsubwayapp #nycsubwaymap #nyctransit #mta #underway

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Stefan Bohacek · @stefan
1372 followers · 3180 posts · Server stefanbohacek.online

It looks like MTA is launching a new public transit app, right as I'm leaving the city. Still going to sign up and check it out.

new.mta.info/article/welcome-m

via @noneck

#nyc #mta #news #publictransit #publictransportation #subway

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