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WebUP #28/TechUP #24 - Meet John Draper aka Captain Crunch

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WebUP #28/TechUP #24 - Meet John Draper aka Captain Crunch

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This meetup will be in English!

This is an exclusive evening with John Draper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper), a hacker, a former member of the home brew computer club in silicon valley, a living legend!

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John will talk about the stories back in the 70's, about his experience Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. He will also talk about his hacking tricks knows as #phreaking as well as talk about todays privacy issues when using Facebook, WhatsApp and other services.

Other things John Draper is known for:

  • Made a port of PGP to Mac
  • Designed a phone board at Apple
  • Was in jail
  • Wrote EasyWriter
  • Social engineered the CIA hotline
  • Made an emergency call to Nixon saying: "out of toilet paper in LA"

Note: We will ask for a small donation for John Draper as we do not pay a speaker fee. The donation will be used to pay the hotel accomondation and other expences.

Seats are limited.

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