Chris Lamprecht
Chris Lamprecht | |
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| Born | Christopher Matthew Lamprecht |
| Other names | MinorThreat, mthreat |
| Occupations | Software developer, entrepreneur |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Known for | First person banned from the Internet First employee and lead architect at Indeed.com Founder of Searchify |
| Notable work | ToneLoc IndexTank |
| Criminal status | Released (March 3, 2000) |
| Criminal charge | Money laundering |
| Penalty | 70 months imprisonment, Internet ban until 2004 |
Chris Lamprecht (known as MinorThreat or mthreat) is an American software developer based in Texas. Lamprecht was the original author of ToneLoc, a wardialing program written in the C programming language for MS-DOS. He was the first employee and lead software architect for Indeed.com, a metasearch engine for job listings.
In 1995, Chris Lamprecht was sentenced to 70 months in prison for money laundering. As part of his sentence he was banned from using the Internet until 2004—the first person to receive such a penalty. He was released in 2000.