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==Presence in the media== * In 1971, just after his [[arrest]], Joybubbles was featured in an ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' article by [[Ron Rosenbaum]] (''[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.html Secrets of the Little Blue Box]'') which exposed the phone phreak scene to a general public and led to further media coverage of Joybubbles, who became a cultural icon.<ref>Mark McHarry (8 Dec 1971). "The First Phone Freak Genius". ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin''; pp. F-3, F-5 (pp. 67, 69). Retrieved 3 June 2023.</ref> * The 1992 movie ''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]'' had a character called "Whistler", who seemed to combine traits of both Joybubbles and [[John Draper]]. The character is played by [[David Strathairn]].<ref name=IMDb>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105435/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv |title=''Sneakers'' Trivia |author=<!--no by-line.--> |date= |website=IMDb |publisher= |accessdate= 10 July 2014}}</ref> * The 2001 documentary film ''[[The Secret History of Hacking]]'' features archive footage of Joybubbles. * In [[Steve Wozniak]]'s book ''[[iWoz]]'', Steve Wozniak mentions Joybubbles as an early inspiration during his college years. * On February 21, 2012, WNYC's ''[[Radiolab]]'' aired a segment on Joybubbles in an episode titled "Escape!" * Chapter 9 of the book ''Exploding the Phone'' by [[Phil Lapsley]] details his successful plan to get a job by purposely getting arrested for phreaking.<ref name=Lapsley2013/> * Phone phreaking and specifically Joybubbles were the subject of "A Call from Joybubbles", broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]], on March 13, 2017<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08hlnjq|title=A Call from Joybubbles β BBC Radio 4|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-03-17}}</ref> and March 17, 2018.
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