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Tron

1972 - 1998

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Boris Floricic (8 June 1972 – 17 October 1998), better known by his pseudonym Tron, was a German hacker and phreaker whose death in unclear circumstances has led to various conspiracy theories. He is also known for his Diplom thesis presenting one of the first public implementations of a telephone with built-in voice encryption, the "Cryptophon". Floricic's pseudonym was a reference to the eponymous character in the 1982 Disney film Tron. Floricic was interested in defeating computer security mechanisms; amongst other hacks, he broke the security of the German phonecard and produced working clones. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Tron is the 227th most popular computer scientist (down from 215th in 2024), the 6,349th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6,124th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Tron ranks 227 out of 245. Before him are Douglas Crockford, Steve Wilhite, Werner Koch, Gottfrid Svartholm, Vincent Rijmen, and John Ousterhout. After him are David Jones, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, Shawn Fanning, Mihalis Yannakakis, Mark Overmars, and Dariusz Jemielniak.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Tron ranks 871. Before him are Jennifer Hale, Viorel Talapan, Đovani Roso, Bang Soo-hyun, Naomi Shindō, and Emerson. After him are Iván Valenciano, Jesse Hughes, Maria Stepanova, Svetlana Zhurova, Michaël R. Roskam, and Aldrovani Menon. Among people deceased in 1998, Tron ranks 338. Before him are Junkyard Dog, Irene Hervey, Barbara Acklin, Eddie Rabbitt, Allen Drury, and Dane Clark. After him are Terry Sanford, Ram Swarup, Lawton Chiles, Protima Bedi, and Rodney Harvey.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Tron ranks 6,352 out of 7,253. Before him are Carsten Embach (1968), Achim Beierlorzer (1967), Dirk Lehmann (1971), Mark Kirchner (1970), Christian Günter (1993), and Jermaine Jones (1981). After him are Guido Fulst (1970), Cornelia Sirch (1966), Karl-Heinz Brunner (1953), Roberto Hilbert (1984), Christof Duffner (1971), and Robert Bartko (1975).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In Germany

Among computer scientists born in Germany, Tron ranks 5. Before him are Joseph Weizenbaum (1923), Ian Murdock (1973), Rudolf Bayer (1939), and Werner Koch (1961). After him are Daniel Domscheit-Berg (1978), Denny Vrandečić (1978), and Coraline Ada Ehmke (2000).

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