Tape 3,092 sans ticket captured in Thane station check

MUMBAI: Railway authorities have actually discovered a brand-new method operandi embraced by deceitful commuters who, directed by a site that notes names of stations and their QR codes, have actually handled to bypass the geo-fencing system to book mobile ticket even from inside a train. Train’s UTSonmobile is a GPS-based app that utilizes geo-fencing to demarcate physical area. Tickets can be reserved just if the smart device user is at least 20 metres away and within 5km of an asked for boarding station. The system utilizes the phone’s GPS collaborates. This system has actually been developed in such a way to guarantee commuters do not book tickets after getting in the ticketing location, consisting of the train. An unknown individual, nevertheless, has actually established a site supplying PDF links consisting of QR codes of every rural station, therefore enabling commuters to bypass geo-fencing. It permits a traveler to book ticket from anywhere if he/she areas a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE) by merely scanning the QR code from site. To guarantee reservation is done from the boarding station, UTS app does not permit scanning of QR code images from mobile’s picture gallery, however some have actually discovered a repair for this too. They ask co-passengers to take an image of
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