I remember finding this movie to be really interesting. I can't believe hacking all originally started with telephones and sort of wire tapping. The way the guys used the land lines, hacked the phone boxes, automated dialing systems and even the transmitter cables which are dangerous for joyride phone calls. Hell that was the best part they all did this for fun and shits and giggles, thrills and free calls. I guess back then the phone system was hard but not that hard. It's just difficult to believe you could hack a land-line phone...
And then that paved way to computer hacking. The guys hacked the large old school computers because people were catching onto the phones, and that's when it became intense. They could see peoples personal information which I personally don't approve of. But back in the day there wasn't as much to worry about if people saw your info unlike today you have to worry about identity theft 24/7. But they would hack those computers see information, know how to accesses things, and it was so easy for them to slip in and out. Incredible. I believe all their computer hacking lead to further improvements on computer processors, security, size. I think they made computers more accessible to the public ironically ( the invention of the personal computer?) and one of the guys helped create Macintosh before he was fired and possibly sent off to jail. I know at least one guy was sent to jail and another guy is works a specialist to protect people from hacking. It's also interesting to see these people claim the rights of the first to invent hacking and the time line of it all.
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