My First Hack: How Patrick Wardle Hid a Backdoor in His High School Calculator

Published: Feb. 11, 2021, 3:25 p.m.

b'Years before he became the world\\u2019s 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. \\u201cSo I\\u2019m sure that in retrospect my calculus teacher would be stoked...or that\\u2019s what I tell myself,\\u201d Wardle said.


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