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As a frequent visitor to HK and Octopus Card holder, I don't believe I ever had to present ID to obtain my card. I just purchased it with cash at the Airport Ex
by yeutterg 7y ago
As a frequent visitor to HK and Octopus Card holder, I don't believe I ever had to present ID to obtain my card. I just purchased it with cash at the Airport Express counter. Is it different for HK citizens?
- yeutterg 7y agoI see oarsinsync posted this comment: >The downside is every single thing you do is logged and tracked against your card, and associating a card with an individual is just one MTR ride with facial recognition away. Possible, although facial recognition seems to be used much less widely in HK than the mainland. Perhaps police checkpoints are another concern: you might get stopped entering or leaving the MTR if your Octopus card shows you were at one of the stations where the protests took pkace. Although, isn't it easy enough to get off at Central (where the protests were not taking place) and walk over to Admiralty/Wan Chai (where they were), only 1-2 stops away? Personally, I'd be more worried about discussing the protests via SMS or WeChat than getting there on my Octopus Card. Disclaimer: not a HK citizen.
- rswail 7y agoNo, there are "anonymous" cards and "personalized" ones. Anonymous cards can't be refunded if you lose them, they also can't be linked to a bank account to automatically add value to the card "purse". A large percentage of the resident cardholders have the personalized cards because it means not having to use cash at machines to add value.