Telephone Phreaks

[jackofallgeeks]

Hacking a computer is one thing. Hacking the telephone network is
another thing entirely. And doing it blind...?
Despite using his powers for evil, you have to admit that kid is
frighteningly talented.

Comments

[otakulk.livejournal.com]

yeah I agree. I always thought of hacking as really a social engineering. The technology is only as good as the people who use it. Facebook, for instance, has made it really easy to bypass those questions for retrieving passwords. A lot of people put their pet's names online....

Did you ever see that movie Sneakers? Its REALLY good, and IMHO the only real hacker movie ever created. It also gets the technology dead on, and even decades later, the tricks they use still apply. They also deal a bit in encryption, also very accurate. Really really good.