[HN Gopher] Computer Crime: Pirates and Phone Phreaks (1983) ___________________________________________________________________ Computer Crime: Pirates and Phone Phreaks (1983) Author : elvis70 Score : 29 points Date : 2020-11-08 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (archive.org) (TXT) w3m dump (archive.org) | johndjos wrote: | Literally listening to the Iwoz book, Phone Phreaking came up as | I saw this | the-dude wrote: | I think it was around 1988 in NL when I obtained a DTMF-gagdet | for very little money, probably intended for operating answering | machines remotely. | | However, while the Dutch pay-phone booths had their rotary-dial | blocked by the pay-mechanism, the line was 'open'. We called all | around the world, in particular to Japan because apparently this | was the most expensive ( rates were listed in the _phone book_ ). | | Around this time I also did my share of 'war calling' with my | first modem ( I forgot the proper term ). Memory is hazy, but I | recall hitting some prompts, but had no idea what to do, I had | never seen a Unix or similar. | | Around the same time, I read the C bible while on a camping | holiday with my parents. I remember it was though material for a | 14 year old. I owned an Acorn Electron at the time. | walshemj wrote: | Acorn Atom :-) didn't know they sold them outside the UK. | | The Atom was the predecessor to the BBC micro | the-dude wrote: | I had seen the Atom in an electronics store ( the kind which | sold resistors and stuff ). | | Electron's were dumped by Acorn at the time and obtainable | for a very fair price through a Dutch retailer/discounter | (Quantum, which sold carpets and stuff). | | My school actually had a fully equipped BBC B classroom, with | server, with coprocessor and networked. But this was an | exception, it was quite an elite/forward-thinking school. | _joel wrote: | It was also possible to pulse the receiver switch emulating an | old rotary phone clicks, if that phone had a lock that only | activated the mic when you put a payment in. Did this many | times on pub phones that were intended just to dial a taxi too. | Fun times ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-11-08 23:01 UTC)