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- = Wozniak Advocates Hacking =
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- By: Dr. Duplicator
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- Apple's Founder Defends Hacking as Creative Thrill
- Article taken from The World Herald, February 19, 1985. Page 3.
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- Cupertino, Calif. (AP) - When he was a teen-ager, Stephen Wozniak used some
- bombs to shake up his teachers. If he were in high school today, the founder of
- Apple Computer Co. says, he'd be "hacking" for thrills.
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- A 15-year-old student at Homestead High School faces expulsion for allegedly
- trying to electronically trespass into the school's computer using an Apple
- computer, and Wozniak, Homestead class of '68, thinks that's okay.
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- "I hope my own kid grows up to be a h acker," he said. "It's a fun,
- worthwhile and creative thing to do. When people think creatively, their brains
- develop--and that's a plus for society."
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- Computer hackers "just want to prove how far they can get. They're not out to
- destroy or take data," said Wozniak, 34. "There's never been a hacker who ever
- took $10 out of a computer account."
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- In the Homestead case, students are accused of attempting to change grades in
- the school's computer files stored a t Stanford University.
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- "Before there were computers, kids just sneaked into the office and changed
- their grades with a typewriter," Wozniak said. "Computers are safer because you
- can trace things. People get caught much more easily with computers."
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