There have been rumours that you use your status within the 'hacker community' to lure young boys into having sex with you. Is that true, or would you like to refute those claims.
I also hear that you're a big proponant of illicit drug use, has this been a life time habit, or something more recent, such as when you started going to raves.
PS.. maybe its a troll, but if you've met him, you know the above it true.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday April 15, 2003 @08:48PM (#5740645)
I notice most of the posts concerning
Draper's bizarre behavior have been modded down
so I decided to add my own personal experience of meeting up with Captain Crunch.
I way 19 when we met, around 3 years ago, at a security conference we were both invited to speak at.
Let's get this out of the way: Draper is a very interesting, but also very weird, toothless drug user, but I'm not sure whether or not he's a sexual predator.
However...
1. He did invite me and a couple of other boys to his hotel room, and tried to interest us in his "energy workouts". I didn't perceive anything sexual about this. He claimed the energy workouts were a substitute for sleep. According to Draper he routinely gets only 1-2 hours sleep a night (and doesn't need anymore). I was curious. He asked me to jump on his back so I could see how strong the workouts made his back. According to Draper he developed the workouts after mafiozos in jail beat the shit out of him, injuring his back after he refuse to teach them how to phreak. Anyway, I hesitated because he seems old and frail and I was afraid I would damage him. He actually carried me on his back around the room. After that, he put me down, and asked the other guys to jump on his back. They freaked, and after a couple of minutes they found an excuse to leave and I left with them.
2. I met Draper again later that night, for an after party rave conference goers were invited to. John has amazing energy for a man his age, he was setting the tone at the rave, and was easily the oldest person there. He looks considerably older than his age, so he actually looked alot older than the oldest person there. He later claimed he had a real energy connection with the DJ going. (I was feeding off his energy, and he was feeding off mine, at it was just amazing!).
3. We left the party together and I had a chance to walk with him alone to his hotel (early morning). We had a very interesting conversation, and he basically spilled his guts and told me his life story over breakfast at the hotel (he was very nice and invited me to join him).
4. I was not threatened at any point at the least by Draper. My impression of him was very sad. He's been there right at the beginning, and if he hadn't blown it he would probably be a billionaire today. He recognizes this, and his eyes actually watered when he told me the story.
5. He does have a bad habit of begging. He does kind of look like a bum. He is by no means a security expert. He isn't really that much of a hacker.
6. If anything, Draper is a hippie who never grew up. He acts like an emotionally under developed teenager, and looks like a burnt-out relic. Maybe he just burned brighter than the rest of them, but I suspect he's been through some very hard times.
7. I was glad I met John. He's a prehistoric hacker, and at the same time a moral-to-the-story, this-is-what-you-could-end-up-like-if-you-don't-cu t-the-crap kind of guy. His life would probably make for a very emotional movie.
8. May be he's homosexual, was a special interest in young men, but that doesn't make him a bad person in my opinion. Sexually harassing young men who are physically much stronger than you is a very unhealthy idea, and I'm sure anyone into that would have caught on by now. (perhaps loosing a few teeth in the process... just joking...)
Little boys (Score:5, Interesting)
I also hear that you're a big proponant of illicit drug use, has this been a life time habit, or something more recent, such as when you started going to raves.
PS.. maybe its a troll, but if you've met him, you know the above it true.
Re:Little boys (Score:3, Interesting)
I way 19 when we met, around 3 years ago, at a security conference we were both invited to speak at.
Let's get this out of the way: Draper is a very interesting, but also very weird, toothless drug user, but I'm not sure whether or not he's a sexual predator.
However...
1. He did invite me and a couple of other boys to his hotel room, and tried to interest us in his "energy workouts". I didn't perceive anything sexual about this. He claimed the energy workouts were a substitute for sleep. According to Draper he routinely gets only 1-2 hours sleep a night (and doesn't need anymore). I was curious. He asked me to jump on his back so I could see how strong the workouts made his back. According to Draper he developed the workouts after mafiozos in jail beat the shit out of him, injuring his back after he refuse to teach them how to phreak. Anyway, I hesitated because he seems old and frail and I was afraid I would damage him. He actually carried me on his back around the room. After that, he put me down, and asked the other guys to jump on his back. They freaked, and after a couple of minutes they found an excuse to leave and I left with them.
2. I met Draper again later that night, for an after party rave conference goers were invited to. John has amazing energy for a man his age, he was setting the tone at the rave, and was easily the oldest person there. He looks considerably older than his age, so he actually looked alot older than the oldest person there. He later claimed he had a real energy connection with the DJ going. (I was feeding off his energy, and he was feeding off mine, at it was just amazing!).
3. We left the party together and I had a chance to walk with him alone to his hotel (early morning). We had a very interesting conversation, and he basically spilled his guts and told me his life story over breakfast at the hotel (he was very nice and invited me to join him).
4. I was not threatened at any point at the least by Draper. My impression of him was very sad. He's been there right at the beginning, and if he hadn't blown it he would probably be a billionaire today. He recognizes this, and his eyes actually watered when he told me the story.
5. He does have a bad habit of begging. He does kind of look like a bum. He is by no means a security expert. He isn't really that much of a hacker.
6. If anything, Draper is a hippie who never grew up. He acts like an emotionally under developed teenager, and looks like a burnt-out relic. Maybe he just burned brighter than the rest of them, but I suspect he's been through some very hard times.
7. I was glad I met John. He's a prehistoric hacker, and at the same time a moral-to-the-story, this-is-what-you-could-end-up-like-if-you-don't-cu t-the-crap kind of guy. His life would probably make for a very emotional movie.
8. May be he's homosexual, was a special interest in young men, but that doesn't make him a bad person in my opinion. Sexually harassing young men who are physically much stronger than you is a very unhealthy idea, and I'm sure anyone into that would have caught on by now. (perhaps loosing a few teeth in the process... just joking...)
My two cents.
Cheers.
Re:Little boys (Score:2)
So, tell me, how many minutes of brushing did it take to get the taste of his energy out of your mouth?