- Wau Holland
Infobox Person
name = Wau Holland
caption = Wau Holland, ca. 2000, in Löhrbach, Germany
birth_name = Herwart Holland-Moritz
birth_date = birth date|1951|12|12
birth_place =
death_date = death date and age|2001|07|29|1951|12|12
death_place =Bielefeld, Germany
other_names =
known_for = Co-Founding theChaos Computer Club
occupation =
nationality =Herwart Holland-Moritz, known as Wau Holland, (December 12, 1951 - July 29, 2001) co-founded the
Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in 1981, one of the world's oldest hacking clubs. The CCC became world famous when its members exposed security flaws inGermany 's "Bildschirmtext " (Btx) online television service by getting a bank to send them DM 134,000 for accessing its Btx page many times. They returned the money the next day.Holland also co-founded the CCC's hacker magazine "
Datenschleuder " in 1984, which praised the possibilities of global information networks and powerfulcomputer s, and included detailed wiring diagrams for building your ownmodem s cheaply. (The then-monopolist and phone companyDeutsche Bundespost - whose telecommunications branch is nowDeutsche Telekom - had to approve modems and sold expensive, slow modems of their own.)Because of Holland's continuing participation in the club, the CCC gained popularity and credibility. He gave speeches on information control for the government and the private sector. Holland fought against
copy prevention and all forms ofcensorship and for an open information infrastructure. He compared the censorship demands by some governments to those of the Christian church in theMiddle Ages and regarded copy prevention as a product defect. In his last years, he spent a lot of his time in a youth center teaching children both the ethics and the science of hackingFact|date=September 2008, with unique style and intelligent humor.Holland died in
Bielefeld on July 29, 2001 of complications caused by abrain stem stroke from which he suffered in May.See also
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Phreaking External links
* [http://www.wau-holland-stiftung.de/ Wau Holland Foundation]
* [http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/te/9195/1.html Telepolis article]
* [http://www.wauland.de/ Condolence book and memorial site]
* [http://www.systemausfall.de/leseprobe.html Book on Wau - "Der Phrasenprüfer"]
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