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According to overseas media reported that a court this week to become the intention was to defend the academic freedom of judgement and allow the transport system in Boston found loopholes in the three MIT students to speak publicly about the security flaws. If happened in China, I think it is absolutely absolutely impossible.

MIT students from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Bureau has aroused (MBTA) anger, because these students in the paper show people how to use the Boston “Charlie Card” automatic toll collection system for taking the bus fare evasion loopholes in the matter. And they planned this month in Las Vegas hackers on the General Assembly to submit the papers.
MBTA computer fraud in violation of U.S. law because the request to stop publication of this paper, MBTA officials said they hope to prevent students publish these vulnerabilities until the institutions have the opportunity to repair loopholes.

Boston federal court where the judge found that no violation of academic papers published a computer fraud law. “We need academic freedom, allowing talk about these, without fear of legal consequences,” for these students to defend the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Executive Director Carol Rose said. “If our scientists to impose closure orders, then the academic market will not be able to operate,” she said.

Precisely because of this three undergraduate students because the paper obtained the highest points. The students said that they will not be published in the Las Vegas Convention on key details in order to prevent listeners take advantage of this vulnerability.