Half-Assed Internet Research
The intelligence-agency prank, phone-phreak inspirations, and the mathematical consultant.
In the discussion (3)
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- The director was reportedly fooled by a prank claiming naval intelligence wanted script changes.
- Phone phreakers and Apple’s blue-box origins are discussed as context for the characters.
- The panel reports that mathematician Len Adleman supplied authentic lecture material and was persuaded by the chance for his wife to meet Redford.