Post #2027482
2025-09-18 11:14 UTC
@punissuer @kitten_tech @leymoo @401matthall A friend of mine (UK, late '80s) used to send sound (eg touchtone tones) from his computer to his hi-fi, then put one headphone over the phone mouthpiece. He described as "phone phreaking" things like the time he (allegedly) called the Bank of America in London (a local call), got each outgoing line to call the next incoming one and then, when he'd tied up the whole switchboard, used the last outgoing line to call his girlfriend in Paris.
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@1000millimeter@chaos.social 2025-09-18 11:51
@tortipede @punissuer @kitten_tech @leymoo @401matthall Why did he not directly call paris but tie up the whole switchboard first?
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@slink@fosstodon.org 2025-09-19 09:08
@tortipede @punissuer @kitten_tech @leymoo @401matthall yes, later we had custom hardware for that look for blueboxing and phreaking if you want to learn more