therefore rendering blue boxes obsolete. Phreaking has since become closely linked with computer hacking. Phreaking began in the 1960s when it was discovered...
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While phreaking is the process of exploiting telephone networks, it is used here because of its connection to eavesdropping. Van Eck phreaking of CRT...
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However, very few physical specimens of phreaking boxes are actually the color for which they are named. Most phreaking boxes are electronic devices which...
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Blue box (redirect from Blue box (phreaking))
Esquire magazine. Suddenly, many more people wanted to get into the phone phreaking culture spawned by the blue box, and it furthered the fame of Captain...
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In phone phreaking, a beige box is a device that is technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset — a telephone fitted with alligator...
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John Draper (category Phreaking)
signaling. This change rendered the toy whistles and blue boxes useless for phreaking purposes. The whistles are considered collectible souvenirs of a bygone...
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obsolete with the widespread conversion of post-pay phones to pre-pay operation. Phreaking boxes "Clear box plans" - 1984 text file on the clear box...
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A red box is a phreaking device that generates tones to simulate inserting coins in pay phones, thus fooling the system into completing free calls. In...
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recipient, was similarly affected by the demise of mechanical switching. Phreaking Rosenbaum, Ron (October 1971). "Secrets of the Little Blue Box". Esquire...
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news concerning the computer "underground." With origins in the phone phreaking community and late 20th-century counterculture, 2600 and its associated...
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