Hack Your Way to Hollywood

Hack Your Way to Hollywood
Wired News ^ | Apr. 29, 2004 | Xeni Jardin

Posted on 04/30/2004 12:26:07 AM PDT by Flyin' Hawaiian

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:10:34 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

LOS ANGELES -- An America Online customer service rep illicitly surfs the company's customer database, ferrets out private data on celebrity members and then hunts them down online under a false identity, seeking fame and fortune in Hollywood.

Sound like a prelude to prison? Not in the case of Heather Robinson. The former AOL employee managed to parlay privacy violations into useful contacts in Hollywood. With the help of those contacts, Robinson, 25, landed a movie deal, and she's using her toehold in the industry to advance another.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: americaonline; aol; hack; hacker; hollywood; privacy

This was already a (very funny) episode of The Simpsons. I have a feeling this movie won't be as good as that episode.

1 posted on 04/30/2004 12:26:09 AM PDT by Flyin' Hawaiian

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To: Flyin' Hawaiian

Hack Your Way to Hollywood

Not necessary. Hollyweird already has enough hacks.

2 posted on 04/30/2004 1:02:05 AM PDT by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)

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To: Flyin' Hawaiian

"I have a feeling this movie won't be as good as that episode."

I'm sure it won't. SIMPSONS RULE!

3 posted on 04/30/2004 1:20:04 AM PDT by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do.)

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