Do quarto ao vale do silício: A incrível jornada do hacker brasileiro que desafiou Steve Jobs

O Gato Laranja

14/06/2025

Breno Masi, o brasileiro que desbloqueou o iPhone 3G antes de GeoHot, foi citado por Steve Jobs e acabou trabalhando na Apple, criando mais de 550 apps. De hacker autodidata a referência global! 🚀

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00:00From the bedroom to Silicon Valley, the incredible journey of the Brazilian hacker who challenged Steve Jobs.

00:06Just imagine the scene, you, a technology enthusiast, being mentioned by none other than

00:12than Steve Jobs at a worldwide press conference. And all this because of a simple

00:17blocked cell phone. It sounds like a movie plot, right? But this is the real story of Brazilian Breno

00:23Mazzi, a self-taught hacker who became a global reference. The hacker who exceeded expectations.

00:30Breno Mazzi gained worldwide prominence for being the first to unlock the iPhone 3G,

00:34surpassing even the renowned Gel Hot. In a publication on the website Click Petróleo e Gás,

00:40It is revealed that Breno came from a humble family, with a taxi driver father and a saleswoman mother,

00:45which made it difficult to access a computer. Your gateway to the digital universe

00:50were foreign magazines and the few online forums available. That's how he started

00:55his self-taught learning journey. It was all self-taught.

01:00He read, tested, broke, fixed, recalls Breno.

01:04His first experiments were with a remote-controlled car. On the first day,

01:09I had already dismantled everything to try to increase the radio's range.

01:13I wanted to drive the car from the window of my fourth-floor apartment, he said.

01:17From helping the elderly to entrepreneurship.

01:20Breno began his professional career helping the elderly and housewives to set up

01:24printer networks. At the age of 17, he had already founded his first company, developing

01:30software for laundries, bakeries and pharmacies, at a time when the computerization of these

01:35business was rare. With his company up and running, the opportunity arose to spend some time in London.

01:42That's when fate intervened. When he returned to Brazil, he brought a blocked cell phone with him.

01:47By researching forums, Breno learned how to unlock devices and quickly identified

01:51the potential of this market niche. The challenge of the iPhone and Apple's invitation.

01:57In January 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the first iPhone to the world.

02:02For the first three years, the device would be exclusive to the American operator AT&T.

02:07In the United States, iPhone activation required connection to the carrier's network,

02:11which made it useless in Brazil. Breno did not give up and created an operator network

02:17fake, tricking the system into activating the cell phone outside the United States.

02:21Shortly after, two foreigners appeared at his office seeking to unlock a

02:26iPhone. What Breno didn't know is that one was from AT&T and the other from Apple itself.

02:31Days later, a formal invitation from Apple took him to the company's headquarters.

02:36At the meeting, surrounded by lawyers, Breno was presented with a still secret project,

02:41the future App Store. There, he signed an agreement and officially began working as a developer.

02:46His company, Fingertips, has created more than 550 apps for major brands such as Itaú,

02:53Santander, Banco do Brasil, Porto Seguro, UFC and Formula 1.

02:58Steve Jobs' historic quote

03:00During the iPhone 3G launch press conference, a journalist asked Steve Jobs about

03:06the security of the device. Jobs' response was remarkable, now the real race begins

03:11of cat and mouse. I want to see hackers like GeoRot and Breno Masi try.

03:17Breno found out about the quote, bought an iPhone and, within a few hours, managed to break it

03:22the protection of the device, well before GeoRot, the legend who unlocked the PlayStation 3 and,

03:27later, consoles 4 and 5.

03:30A new phase in your career

03:32After the episode with the iPhone, Breno decided to change the direction of his career.

03:36Instead of focusing on hacking, he, after signing the contract with Apple, directed

03:42its energy to develop software, consolidating its expertise in the technology market.

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