#phreak — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #phreak, aggregated by home.social.
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I ranted quite a bit over the privacy-invasive Flock Safety cameras during today's show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjVWZD-RRUc
Stuff discussed:
A Police Officer Turned Whistleblower Exposed Flock Camera Network: https://tech.yahoo.com/cybersecurity/articles/police-officer-turned-whistleblower-exposed-160549898.html
DeFlock Map: https://deflock.org/
#Flock #FlockSafety #Surveillance #InfoSec #Privacy #Hackers #InfoSec #Government #Phreak
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Will I see any of you at the screening of the Joybubbles documentary on May 2nd in Queens, New York?
https://movingimage.org/event/joybubbles/
#Joybubbles #JoeEngressia #Phreak #Phreaking #Documentary #MuseumOfTheMovingImage #MOMI
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Will I see any of you at the screening of the Joybubbles documentary on May 2nd in Queens, New York?
https://movingimage.org/event/joybubbles/
#Joybubbles #JoeEngressia #Phreak #Phreaking #Documentary #MuseumOfTheMovingImage #MOMI
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Will I see any of you at the screening of the Joybubbles documentary on May 2nd in Queens, New York?
https://movingimage.org/event/joybubbles/
#Joybubbles #JoeEngressia #Phreak #Phreaking #Documentary #MuseumOfTheMovingImage #MOMI
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Will I see any of you at the screening of the Joybubbles documentary on May 2nd in Queens, New York?
https://movingimage.org/event/joybubbles/
#Joybubbles #JoeEngressia #Phreak #Phreaking #Documentary #MuseumOfTheMovingImage #MOMI
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Will I see any of you at the screening of the Joybubbles documentary on May 2nd in Queens, New York?
https://movingimage.org/event/joybubbles/
#Joybubbles #JoeEngressia #Phreak #Phreaking #Documentary #MuseumOfTheMovingImage #MOMI
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@MissConstrue @blogdiva
by coincidence, the kid (literally about 10yo) who ran a big #bbs near me lived in the same town as me. he made this term program for the #c64 called "phone man" which had all the #phreak boxes. you reminded me of all this just now.. and i see this page about it is still up. i did the graphics on this thing. 😂 memories. -
@MissConstrue @blogdiva
by coincidence, the kid (literally about 10yo) who ran a big #bbs near me lived in the same town as me. he made this term program for the #c64 called "phone man" which had all the #phreak boxes. you reminded me of all this just now.. and i see this page about it is still up. i did the graphics on this thing. 😂 memories. -
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So the @connections crew have gotten a chance to do something Amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBXu7qJ7dNQMore info soon. If you're in the #denver area and like #phones -- We need archivists and docents and the like who are passionate about technology.
If you were an OG #Phreak and want to help people relive and learn about Ma Bell and her children, go watch the video and fill out the form
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So the @connections crew have gotten a chance to do something Amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBXu7qJ7dNQMore info soon. If you're in the #denver area and like #phones -- We need archivists and docents and the like who are passionate about technology.
If you were an OG #Phreak and want to help people relive and learn about Ma Bell and her children, go watch the video and fill out the form
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CW: Flashing image
@rechner, @nican, and friends came by the @connections museum and showed everyone what animal to animal communication looks like
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CW: Flashing image
@rechner, @nican, and friends came by the @connections museum and showed everyone what animal to animal communication looks like
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very interesting youtube channel of a #phreak #phonephreaking #hacking
https://www.youtube.com/@evandoorbell4278 -
very interesting youtube channel of a #phreak #phonephreaking #hacking
https://www.youtube.com/@evandoorbell4278 -
Why is this article significant? The person being interviewed in the article is Lewis de Payne, aka "Roscoe" as the author of the article named him, Kevin Mitnick's perennial #hacker comrade. This article documents the LA phone #phreak scene which was on the verge of becoming part of the early 80s California #hacking scene, a hotspot in the early days.
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Why is this article significant? The person being interviewed in the article is Lewis de Payne, aka "Roscoe" as the author of the article named him, Kevin Mitnick's perennial #hacker comrade. This article documents the LA phone #phreak scene which was on the verge of becoming part of the early 80s California #hacking scene, a hotspot in the early days.
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This one time in 1936 Popeye's nemesis Bluto engaged in a bit of phone phreaking and prank calling, and (spoiler) got beat up for it.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2su0d1
https://popeye.fandom.com/wiki/Hold_the_Wire
#Popeye #Bluto #phreaking #phreak #PrankCall -
80’s Hackers, in Their Own Words
Susan Thunder shows Geraldo Rivera how to access computers via modem in 1982I’ve clipped interviews with hackers from the 1980’s from longer TV news or documentary segments, you can find the longer videos linked below as well. None of the clips here are longer than a few minutes.
We are talking about primary sources here, hackers in the 1980’s talking about hacking, filmed at the time.
Some of these clips are from longer broadcasts that were essentially lost to the public, that I have retrieved from closed archival sites and uploaded for anyone to view and use.
ABC 20/20 – 1982
Geraldo Rivera interviews infamous California phone phreak and hacker Susan Thunder about phreaking, hacking and the art of dumpster diving at the local telephone company offices. You can find the whole, longer video over at HackCurio and I highly recommend watching it all.
CBS News – 1983
This clip from a longer CBS evening news broadcast from September of 1983 features some brief interview segments with a 17 year old anonymous hacker who describes gaining access to bank systems with passwords shared between friends.
He describes hacking as a communal “project”, with kids physically getting together around a computer to test their wits. You can find the longer broadcast on my channel here.
If you want to learn about why 1983 was a pivotal year for public awareness of the hacker underground you can read that blog.
NBC News – 1983
The first hacker group arrests to make the news nationwide in the U.S. were the raids of members of the 414s. This clip from NBC news also in September of 1983 features a brief interview with the 414s member who would become almost an unofficial spokesman for the group, Neil Patrick.
You can find the longer broadcast on my channel here. You can also find a short but very informative documentary on the 414s here.
Sveriges Television AB – 1984
Below we have two video clips from a Swedish TV documentary about hackers and phone phreaks from back in 1984.
The interview clips themselves are in English and feature Cheshire Catalyst, a phone phreak and activist who edited TAP Magazine, the original underground publication for phone phreaks in the 1970’s.
Cheshire Catalyst talks about hacking and some of the exploits he has been privy to over the years. You can find the whole documentary, in a mixture of Swedish and English, over on Internet Archive here.
CBS News – 1985
“If I break into your computer system how are you going to find me out?”
3 different young hackers talk about their exploits and their lack of fear in regards to consequences in this short clip from CBS News in August of 1985. The full news segment is available to watch here.
BBC – 1989
A brief portion of an interview Edward Austin Singh gave to the BBC for an episode of a TV show called Antenna, which focused on computer viruses and hacking.
Singh had been arrested the year before for trespassing in an English university computer lab and had then been linked to hacking incidents at U.S. government and military installations. He ultimately escaped prosecution because of a lack of laws relating to hacking in the UK at the time of his arrest.
Conclusion
If you enjoyed this blog consider checking out the realhackhistory YouTube channel, Internet Archive uploads and twitter or mastodon accounts.
#1980s #80s #ABC #CBS #documentary #dumpsterDiving #hacker #hackers #hacking #history #NBC #news #Phreak #Phreaking #video #videos #YouTube -
Am I the only '90s #phreak who developed the life-skill of memorizing my credit card numbers?
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Am I the only '90s #phreak who developed the life-skill of memorizing my credit card numbers?
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AC14 (2280Hz) Signalling Demo Progress…
The wiring between the relaysets is done with the exception of the connections that go to the #phone end, the #phoneExchange end, and the 4-wire circuit between the two ends of the link.
So, 9 wires remaining then I can start powering it up… but first, I need to find a suitable method of terminating those connections that allows me to add in annamplifier/speaker so you can hear the tones.
It’s back to the sketchbook and eBay searches!
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More progress on the AC14 (2280Hz signalling) demo rack!
I’ve fitted all the shelf u-points, which are the strips of spring contacts that mate with the contacts on the back of the relay sets
They're second hand, so I spent lunchtime cleaning off the old wiring. I stopped counting at 60 bits of wire… but there are 160 contacts in total (5x32) - not all had wires on!
The next job is to start putting in the new wiring.
#strowger #telephoneExchange #phone #phreak #telecoms #telephone
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Now this is a nice find!
I've been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the #telephoneExchanges in the UK
This sort of information was used by #telephone enthusiasts (UK #phreaks) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network
There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!
#phone #telephoneHistory #telecoms #phreak #telephoneHeritage
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Now this is a nice find!
I've been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the #telephoneExchanges in the UK
This sort of information was used by #telephone enthusiasts (UK #phreaks) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network
There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!
#phone #telephoneHistory #telecoms #phreak #telephoneHeritage
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Now this is a nice find!
I've been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the #telephoneExchanges in the UK
This sort of information was used by #telephone enthusiasts (UK #phreaks) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network
There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!
#phone #telephoneHistory #telecoms #phreak #telephoneHeritage
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Now this is a nice find!
I've been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the #telephoneExchanges in the UK
This sort of information was used by #telephone enthusiasts (UK #phreaks) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network
There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!
#phone #telephoneHistory #telecoms #phreak #telephoneHeritage
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Now this is a nice find!
I've been passed a scan of a notebook from the late 1950s containing details of all the #telephoneExchanges in the UK
This sort of information was used by #telephone enthusiasts (UK #phreaks) to navigate their way around the toll (trunk) network
There were various techniques to get yourself onto a trunk, but once you were there the dialling codes in this notebook would get you anywhere in the country!
#phone #telephoneHistory #telecoms #phreak #telephoneHeritage
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Metalwork done at last!
This shelf holds 4 cans of #gpo #relays that between them form an AC14 “out-of-area” line.
These would have been used to connect a #phone to a line that was too long for pulse dialling to work reliably.
The two on the left are the #TelephoneExchange end, the two on the right are the subscribers end.
Between them, they convert pulse dialling into bursts of 2280Hz tones which can be transmitted much further without distortion
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Metalwork done at last!
This shelf holds 4 cans of #gpo #relays that between them form an AC14 “out-of-area” line.
These would have been used to connect a #phone to a line that was too long for pulse dialling to work reliably.
The two on the left are the #TelephoneExchange end, the two on the right are the subscribers end.
Between them, they convert pulse dialling into bursts of 2280Hz tones which can be transmitted much further without distortion
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My new bedtime reading has arrived…
In the UK, AC13 telephone signalling used pulses of 2280Hz to represent the digits of a dialled phone number, call progress state etc.
This training document from 1983 was pretty late in the lifespan of in-band signalling like this, which had been around for 20+ years by this point.
It’ll be fun reading this from a “what would it do if I poked $thing at $time” point of view
#telephoneHistory #telecomHistory #telephone #telecoms #phreak #phreaking #phones
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My new bedtime reading has arrived…
In the UK, AC13 telephone signalling used pulses of 2280Hz to represent the digits of a dialled phone number, call progress state etc.
This training document from 1983 was pretty late in the lifespan of in-band signalling like this, which had been around for 20+ years by this point.
It’ll be fun reading this from a “what would it do if I poked $thing at $time” point of view
#telephoneHistory #telecomHistory #telephone #telecoms #phreak #phreaking #phones
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This is extremely silly.
I have a Nokia 105 #phone. No data or apps. Just a plain, dumb, mobile phone
Using a sim from aa.net.uk I've connect it to the C*Net VoIP network https://ckts.info
It's accessible on a CNet number, and can place calls just like any other phone on CNet!
Do I need this?
No.Can it make normal calls?
Absolutely not!Is it useful?
Not in the slightest.Is it cool as heck?
Absolutely!I'll make a demo video later…
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This is extremely silly.
I have a Nokia 105 #phone. No data or apps. Just a plain, dumb, mobile phone
Using a sim from aa.net.uk I've connect it to the C*Net VoIP network https://ckts.info
It's accessible on a CNet number, and can place calls just like any other phone on CNet!
Do I need this?
No.Can it make normal calls? Absolutely not!
Is it useful?
Not in the slightest.Is it cool as heck?
Absolutely!I'll make a demo video later…
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It's been *40 years* since #EmmanuelGoldstein launched the seminal, essential, world-changing *@2600: The #Hacker Quarterly*. *2600* wasn't the first #phreak/hacker zine, but it was the most important, spawning a global subculture dedicated to the noble pursuit of technological self-determination:
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It's been *40 years* since #EmmanuelGoldstein launched the seminal, essential, world-changing *@2600: The #Hacker Quarterly*. *2600* wasn't the first #phreak/hacker zine, but it was the most important, spawning a global subculture dedicated to the noble pursuit of technological self-determination:
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The Museum of Internal Fire have posted an end-of-season walkthrough of their radio and telephone exchange shed.
Sorry about the FB link, but I couldn’t find it on any other video platforms 🙁
#MuseumOfInternalFire #Telephone #Strowger #ElectroMechanical #telephoneExchange #Telecoms #TelecomHistory #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #BoatAnchor #phreak #Phreaking
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Look Mum No Computer has been rearranging his #UAX13 #strowger #TelephoneExchange to make better use of the space and squeeze in a couple more racks.
It’s a substantial effort to go to, must have been a busy week, but it looks like they got quite a lot done!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tK1lH8pjXTo
One day I’ll make the 6hr drive to go visit…
#telephone #CentralOffice #telecoms #TelecomHistory #LMNC #phreak #Phreaking #ElectroMechanical
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You know you're #OldSchool when you see a phone number on a CV and immediately go "oh 317, they're from Indiana". #phreak #geek #infosec
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Woohoo! I now own the right vintage kit to operate an AC-14 signalling link (UAX “out of area” exchange lines)
This signalling system relied on in-band 2280Hz tones, and although its design wasn’t quite as open to abuse as the American 2600Hz equivalent signalling, this equipment did have vulnerabilities
So, once I’ve got it working in captivity I intend to have lots of fun trying to #phreak it!
#telephone #TelephoneExchange #TelecomHistory #Telecoms #PhoneExchange #phone #strowger
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Hello phreaks and hackers! I just fully modernized my python blue box DTMF tone generator, apparently someone was actually using it :blobcatawauu: check it out! https://github.com/zeyus/Python3BlueBox
#phreak #phreaks #phreaking #dtmf #bluebox #blueboxing #python #coding
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Hello phreaks and hackers! I just fully modernized my python blue box DTMF tone generator, apparently someone was actually using it :blobcatawauu: check it out! https://github.com/zeyus/Python3BlueBox
#phreak #phreaks #phreaking #dtmf #bluebox #blueboxing #python #coding
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Hello phreaks and hackers! I just fully modernized my python blue box DTMF tone generator, apparently someone was actually using it :blobcatawauu: check it out! https://github.com/zeyus/Python3BlueBox
#phreak #phreaks #phreaking #dtmf #bluebox #blueboxing #python #coding
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Hello phreaks and hackers! I just fully modernized my python blue box DTMF tone generator, apparently someone was actually using it :blobcatawauu: check it out! https://github.com/zeyus/Python3BlueBox
#phreak #phreaks #phreaking #dtmf #bluebox #blueboxing #python #coding
