" . . . Schulte figured out how to hot-wire the phone to the light switch.     Schulte figured out a way to hot-wire a light switch in his cell so that it worked as a cell-phone charger. (The person who knew Schulte during this period praised his innovation, saying, “After that, all M.C.C. phones were charged that way.”) . . ." And an encrypted drive partition on his laptop? Guy sounds like the reincarnation of Kevin Mitnick.