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In what way? You know, there are printed time tables hanging in all stations. They are even online, accessible from the middle east!


Timetables can change, 'live' data does not. But, if it's 'calculated' then you're right, and it's pretty much a visual timetable.

Also, I know you were joking, but let's not generalise and say middle east shall we? :)


Maybe I inferred too much from gp's comment and replied very tongue-in-cheek. Obviously I could have also said "accessible from Saxony (for the neo-nazis there), Cologne (for remnants of the red army faction) or Uganda (in case Josef Kony ever decides to turn up in Berlin)". Hope I now covered all major political and religious extremes.

Back to the topic: Munich had something for the S-Bahn, the commuter train system, in their app for several years already. I really doubt that it's a security risk and find it sad that this is the first reaction something as nice as this gets.


Haha, are you sure you covered all extremism there?

I didn't mean it to come off so paranoid actually, I was just interested in starting a discussion about it, hence the "Isn't this" vs "THIS IS DEFINITELY"! I agree it's awesome tech, especially as it loads instantly on coffee shop internet, but all the comments here already reflect that.




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