On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 07:21:13AM -0800, Mizter T wrote:

I think it's simply the journalist getting in a muddle and jumping to
erroneous conclusions. I don't believe there's any 'long distance'
sensing or reading of Oyster cards going on whatsoever.

Another thread has mentioned reading them en masse and at a distance
when stations have particularly heavy traffic, such as just before
football games, with no need for passengers to put their cards anywhere
near the readers.

That seems to mean that it would charge my Oyster card, my contactless
debit card, and the other Oyster card that I bought earlier in the day
to give to a friend.

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