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Hacking The First Computer Password
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Dec 19, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Scientists at MIT in the 1960s had to share computer time. They were given passwords to access the computer and could not use more than their allowance. But one man, Allan Scherr, hacked the system by working out the master password. He has been talking to Ashley Byrne.
Photo: Allan Scherr at his workstation connected to the MIT central system in 1963. Courtesy of Allan Scherr
Photo: Allan Scherr at his workstation connected to the MIT central system in 1963. Courtesy of Allan Scherr
Released:
Dec 19, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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