Phil Lapsley

Phil Lapsley has spent the last several years documenting the history of phone phreaking, through hundreds of interviews and Freedom of Information Act requests. When not researching phreaking, Phil has tried to act like an upstanding member of society. He co-founded two high technology companies in the San Francisco Bay Area and worked for McKinsey and Company, a management consulting firm that advises Fortune 100 companies on business strategy. He co-developed Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP, RFC 977) used in the USENET news system. He is also the author of one textbook, 17 patents, and numerous technical articles. He lives in Bangalore, India.

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Presentations:

• 2012-07-14 12:00 - HOPE Number Nine (2012) - Phone Phreak Confidential: The Backstory of the History of Phone Phreaking
• 2010-07-18 12:00 - The Next HOPE (2010) - Cats and Mice: The Phone Company, the FBI, and the Phone Phreaks
• 2010-07-17 20:00 - The Next HOPE (2010) - Rummaging in the Government's Attic: Lessons Learned from More Than 1,000 Freedom of Information Act Requests
• 2008-07-19 15:00 - The Last HOPE (2008) - The History of Phone Phreaking, 1960-1980
• 2008-07-18 17:00 - The Last HOPE (2008) - A Hacker's View of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

Copresenters:

• Michael Ravnitzky
  • 2010-07-17 20:00 - The Next HOPE (2010) - Rummaging in the Government's Attic: Lessons Learned from More Than 1,000 Freedom of Information Act Requests