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Hacker History – John Draper aka Captain Crunch

This week, Matt Mosley and Kash Izadseta cover Hacker History – Captian Crunch

John Thomas Draper (born March 11, 1943), also known as Captain Crunch, Crunch or Crunchman (after the Cap’n Crunch breakfast cereal mascot), is an American computer programmer and legendary former phone phreak. He is a widely known figure within the computer programming world and the hacker and security community and generally lives a nomadic lifestyle.