Joybubbles
Sign in to saveAlso known as Josef Carl Engressia, Jr., Josef Carl Engressia
Joybubbles ( – ), born Josef Carl Engressia Jr. in Richmond, Virginia, was an early phone phreak. Born blind, he became interested in telephones at age four. He had absolute pitch, and was able to whistle 2600 hertz — an operator tone also used by blue box phreaking devices — into a telephone. Joybubbles said that he had an IQ of "172 or something". Joybubbles died at his Minneapolis home on . According to his death certificate, he died of natural causes with congestive heart failure as a contributing condition.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- Minneapolis
- Occupation
- security hacker
- Educated at
- University of South Florida
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- date of birth
- 1949-05-25
- date of death
- 2007-08-08
- medical condition
- blindness
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Joybubbles
- pseudonym
- Joybubbles
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Article · Español
Joybubbles (25 de mayo de 1949 – 8 de agosto de 2007), nacido como Josef Carl Engressia, Jr. en Richmond (Virginia), EE. UU., fue uno de los pioneros del pirateo telefónico (phreaking) e inspirador del movimiento hacker. Ciego de nacimiento, empezó a interesarse por los teléfonos a los cuatro años. Gracias a su oído absoluto, aprendió a emular los tonos telefónicos y activar funciones de operador silbando al teléfono a determinadas frecuencias, particularmente a 2600 hercios. Joybubbles dijo en una entrevista que tenía un CI de 172 «o algo así».
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