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Did Cal Henderson Break Into Stewart Butterfield's Mail?
at 20:48
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Breaking-in is a strong term. Cal was just very interested in the game that Steward was building, so he changed the default admin password on Glit's mailing list to get some insights, with the intention to build an API on top of the game. It wasn't the greatest move, but it worked out at the time.
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