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The WOZ Gives Kevin Mitnick a 1Ghz TiBOOK

by: Avi Learner - MIAMI BEACH, FL - Jan. 22, 2003

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak gave Kevin Mitnick a 1 Ghz Titanium Powerbook as a "Welcome Back Kevin" gift on the January 21st, 2003 TechTV show -"The Screen Savers". You can see the article by By Dave Roos on the TechTV website. He was there to "guide" Kevin Mitnick, on his first ever use of the modern internet.

Kevin Mitnick a semi regular on the ScreenSavers show and probably the most notorious hacker of the 1990's, was on for his first foray onto the "modern" internet. After serving a five year prison term for his "crimes", then 3 years Federal Probation which prohibted him from going online at all, Mitnick is now a free man.

"I have never even sent an email..." Mitnick proclaimed, "While testifying before congress in 2000, I chatted with Senator Joe Lieberman, I asked him if I could get a full pardon, should he become president. And look, he is running for president now, maybe it'll happen!".

He has not been allowed online access with any computer since his conviction in 1995 for hacking into the phone system and companies such as Motorola and Sun Microsystems. Most of his mischeif was done through a VMS mainframe that somehow could burrow into secured networks of these big companies.

TechTV takes live phone calls and a kid called up and asked Kevin, "How did you get started hacking?" He replied, "Very carefully", and quickly added, "Kids, don't do this at home".