The Cambridge professor was Ross Anderson. He replied to a letter from UK Cards Association requesting the university to take down a research paper by a PhD stu

The Cambridge professor was Ross Anderson. He replied to a letter from UK Cards Association requesting the university to take down a research paper by a PhD student. The issue was about the chip-and-pin no-pin vulnerability. HN Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039117 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2039117 Take down request: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/20101221110342233.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/20101221110342233.pdf (pdf) Professor Anderson's reply: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ukca.pdf http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/ukca.pdf (pdf)