Phreaking the Phones: Before there Was Hacking [Giz 79]

Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before there were macs, Jobs and Woz kept themselves busy building their own blue boxes (Above) which would emulate precise control tones to seize control of the phone system.

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    [...] — but it seems Microsoft is again entering a business just because Apple or Google are in it. Phreaking the Phones: Before there Was Hacking [Giz 79] – dealwithtech.com 07/16/2009 Before there were computer hackers, there were phreakers. And before [...]

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