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History of Hacking Documentary

Because I am away for most of the week, grades 6-8 (full IT classes in 1-03) will be watching the "History of Hacking" documentary, available on Google Video. The video is embedded below. Please pause from time to time, and if there is something you need explained, please leave a question in the comments.

(I expect there to be questions in the comments when I return!!)

Questions that you can answer:

1) One of the hackers in the documentary was a co-founder of which computer company?
2) Why was John Draper called "Captain Crunch"?
3) Early hacking wasn't done on computers, it was done on _____________ .
4) The above activity was called ____________ _____________ (two words).
5) Why was John Draper arrested?

9 Comments

Isabella Laws Mar 7, 2007 11:11 AM

1. Apple Macintosh

2. The whistle in the cereal

3. phones

4. phone freaking

5. for having one of those blue boxes.

Francesca Woodbury Mar 7, 2007 11:11 AM

1: Apple Macintosh
2: The Wistle from cereal
3: On phines
4: Phone Freaking
5: For having a blue box

Devika and Anaelle Mar 7, 2007 11:13 AM

1) Apple
2)Because of his whistle
3)Phones
4)Phone phreaks
5)Because he had a blue box

Alex Mar 7, 2007 11:18 AM

1) Apple Computers
2)It was because Draper found a free prize inside a captain crunch cereal which could make a whistle at a pitch high enoguh to break the phone code
3)A machine called the bluebox was used to break the phone code by sending signals and enabling the user to make free phone calls. both domestic and international
4)Phone Phreaking
5)He was arrested for possesion of the bluebox.

Jack O'Connor Mar 7, 2007 11:18 AM

1) He was the co-founder of Apple.
2) Because he got his phone hacking wistle in a box of Captain Crunch cereal.
3) It was done on telephones.
4) Phone phreaking.
5) He was arrested for posession of a blue box.

mohammed Mar 7, 2007 11:19 AM

1) Apple company
2) Because he found the prize inside the captain crunch cerial which was the whistle and he was amazed (i dont know why)
3) Phones
4) Phone Phreaks
5) for possesion of the blue box

Samuel Bergmann Mar 7, 2007 11:19 AM

1) Apple
2) Because of the whistle
3) Phones
4) Phone Phreaks
5) he was caught with a blue box

redha Qabazard Mar 7, 2007 11:22 AM

1) Apple
2) the noise he made sounded like captain cruch's wistle
3) Phone
4) the are called 4one freaks
5) he had a blue box

hunter k 7ex Mar 10, 2007 5:37 PM

1. Appel
2. he discoverd u could use the captain crunch whistle to hack int the phone system
3. Telephones
4. phone phreacking
5. the story was publishe in the paper saying he started everything

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