Steve Jobs' First Business was Selling Blue Boxes that Allowed Users to Get Free Phone Service Illegally
Steve Jobs' First Business was Selling Blue Boxes that Allowed Users to Get Free Phone Service Illegally
Today I found out Steve Jobs’ first business was selling “blue boxes” that allowed users to get free phone service illegally. These boxes were designed in 1972 by Jobs’ close friend and future co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak. The idea to sell them was supposedly Jobs’. The two learned about blue boxes from famed “phreaker” (phone freak/hacker) John “Cap’n Crunch” []
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