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My First Hack: How Patrick Wardle Hid a Backdoor in His High School Calculator
Category: Technology
Duration: 00:29:32
Publish Date: 2021-02-11 15:25:08
Description:

Years before he became the world’s most well known MacOS hacker, Patrick Wardle was a high school nerd curious about hacking. His first hack was figuring out that he could program his fancy calculator and hide a backdoor in it that could help him with his calculus tests. His teacher never caught him, and he actually learned how to solve calculus equations by programming his calculator. “So I’m sure that in retrospect my calculus teacher would be stoked...or that’s what I tell myself,” Wardle said.

 

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