Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs used ‘blue boxes’. These let them make free calls. Wozniak said, “It was all about finding flaws in the phone system," he said. "We had fun. We called the Hilton in Paris just because we could, and tried to get through to the Vatican in Italy. Having fun with a device is a bigger motivation than a pay check for some people." His attitude and motivation helped him in his career with Apple. (Reference: Ian Thomas, V3.co.uk, 6th march 2010, www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2259035/rsa-2010-woz-reveals-hacking)
Other famous hackers included Phiber Opitk (real name was Mark Abene) who crashed 60,000 phones in 9 hours, Richard Stallman and Linus Torvald. These and many other hackers believed that all information should be free.
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