Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell 9780802193759, 9780802122285, 0802122280
Describes how "phone phreaks" learned how to make illicit but technologically innovative free phone calls and
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English Pages xiv, 414 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm Year 2013
Table of contents :
Fine arts 13 --
Birth of a playground --
Cat and canary --
The largest machine in the world --
Blue box --
"Some people collect stamps" --
Headache --
Blue box bookies --
Little Jojo learns to whistle --
Bill Acker learns to play the flute --
The phone freaks of America --
The law of unintended consequences --
Counterculture --
Busted --
Pranks --
The story of a war --
A little bit stupid --
Snitch --
Crunched --
Twilight --
Nightfall.
