On Feb 3, 5:29*pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 3 Feb, 16:31, MIG wrote:





On 3 Feb, 15:54, Mizter T wrote:

On 3 Feb, 15:38, "Andrew Heenan" wrote:

(snip)

Mind you, I was on a Bendie (73) one day; I hadn't touched in, though I
usually do, as I had my arms full of junk - I saw a seat and dived for it.

Ticket Inspector: * * You haven't touched in
Me: * * * * * * * * * * * *I didn't think I had to - it's a Gold Card
Ticket Inspector * *No, You don't *have* to.
Me: * * * * * * * * * * * {Quizzical look}
Ticket Inspector: * *But if you were kidnapped, we'd be able to trace your
last movements
Me: * * * * * * * * * * * *Thanks. (Wonders: was that really an inspector,
or was it a tin foil hat person in disguise?)

I also wonder what Guardian Man has to fear; as well as giving honest men
nightmares (as if!), Oyster can help in catching crims. And has done. Oyster
and cameras are a great combination. Did I say CAMERAS? Oh my God! Cameras!
Closed circuit! MI5/6/7 ... 43
[...]

The key would have been that the reader on a bus doesn't currently
know where the bus is, so it wouldn't give any journey information.

?

The reader stores the times of cards being touched-in, this can be
tallied with the CCTV - though both systems need to have the right
time set on them. Also, I think the bus readers possibly do have some
idea of where on the route they are.-

I was referring to the bit about "info for service planning". (If
this really was done by trawling through CCTV, the Oyster touching
wouldn't add anything.)

But I think you were referring to the spying/catching aspect, which I
didn't mean.