One Metro NY: A Privacy Disaster, or Convenience Win?

It seems like every morning brings new headlines that herald the end of our digital privacy as we know it. These stories spark outcry, worry, and — counterintuitively — no small amount of apathy.  The MTA’s One Metro New York (OMNY) program has become one such subject of public concern. The program intends to give New Yorkers the ability to pay their fare with contactless bank cards or devices that are linked to digital wallet software such as Google Pay, thereby eliminating the frustrating bottlenecks that result from incorrectly swiped MetroCards. Since May, contactless turnstiles have been added to over…...