Are there any security risks with using public transportation ticket machines?
- Avoid giving away financial information, such as credit/debit card numbers and bank details through select commands or other sources.
- Disregard any promotions of goods or services that are prompted through the ticket machine display and don’t provide any personal information.
- Pay attention to your surroundings while using the machine and report any suspicious activity.
- Be aware of your environment when you make a payment to be sure that people have not been able to install any physical devices that can steal your card information.
- Check the screen after making a payment to make sure the machine has properly processed the payment and hasn’t held any information that can be accessed later.
- Be sure to properly log out and delete all saved information before moving away from the ticket machine.