The late rloew (Rudolph R. Loew) – Windows 9x hacker and phone phreaker

jaclaz · on Jan 7, 2022

The amount of small but needed tools/drivers/patches/workarounds R.Loew produced is so relevant that we can say that he almost single handedly prolonged Windows 9x/Me life for several years.

the obituary thread on MSFN :

https://msfn.org/board/topic/180215-rloew-1952-2019-has-pass...

dmitryminkovsky · on Jan 7, 2022

https://forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/11585/rudolph-loew-h...

mothsonasloth · on Jan 7, 2022

Considering someone who was young (20s-30s) during the golden era of computing will now be in their 60s-70s+

There is going to be a time when this living history is no longer with us. Its great to see lots of archives and memorials online.

Its always great to hear war stories from the 80s and 90s from people who were once junior engineers like yourself. How they made a mistake, quickly hacked a fix and saved the day.

I wonder if there is anything more we can do to document these giants, that we are standing on the shoulders of?

plapsley · on Jan 8, 2022

Loew's 1972 article in Ramparts magazine, "Regulating the Telephone Company In Your Home" (http://explodingthephone.com/docs/dbx0431.pdf) taught phone hacking to thousands and resulted in the telephone company suppressing publication of a major American magazine (http://explodingthephone.com/docs/dbx0271.pdf). (I had the pleasure of interviewing Rudolph for my book on phone phreaks, "Exploding The Phone", at http://explodingthephone.com)