tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post8335712879187729805..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: KingpinStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-68341464148774607742017-06-04T16:55:59.578-05:002017-06-04T16:55:59.578-05:00I can recommend 'Masters of Deception' by ...I can recommend 'Masters of Deception' by Joshua Quittner & Michelle Slatalla if you want to delve into things a bit more.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-63075785350572451222017-06-04T11:22:45.919-05:002017-06-04T11:22:45.919-05:00They were really old school, too -- digging in the...They were really old school, too -- digging in the trash cans of phone companies to find manuals with codes and addresses in them! You may have been aware that Steve Jobs and the other guy, Wozniack, started out selling phone-hacking gadgets..Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-83474158767534151322017-06-04T11:18:57.146-05:002017-06-04T11:18:57.146-05:00I've read many books on the early days of Hack...I've read many books on the early days of Hacking. Fascinating if so very strange.....CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-60660636583781218832017-06-04T10:25:50.815-05:002017-06-04T10:25:50.815-05:00What baffles me is the telephone phreakers -- peop...What baffles me is the telephone phreakers -- people used to spend hours dialing and listening to the tones the switching systems used, then started replicating those tones to play with the system. What a weirdly curious species we are..Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-14550496829704060282017-06-03T22:08:53.688-05:002017-06-03T22:08:53.688-05:00fascinating... it all seems so impossible, gettin...fascinating... it all seems so impossible, getting all that info from little numbers over radio waves... what a different world it is now, as compared to even ten years ago...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.com