Re: TIB: Form
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Re: TIB: Form
Grant Stockly wrote:
>
> >Grant Stockly wrote:
> >>
> >> Naw...phreaking and cracking is still arround
>
> I know they are not the same. I said they were still arround. Yes, I have
> numerous (100MB on phreaking) and its all fairly new.
Could you send me some addresses?
> >Cracking has nothing to do with phreaking. Phreaking (aka
> >phone-phreaking) is the use of loop lines and fake numbers in the
> >telephone companies' systems. This was very popular once and carried
> >with it numerous cases of fraud. An excellent tool for hustling.
> >Do people really still do this? The boxes (black-box, blue-box etc.) are
> >no longer made, simply because the lines are more secure now (digital,
> >not analogue) so one would think they'd fixed the other problems as
> >well. I think the calling card biz is dying too, isn't it?
> >
> >> ...btw, anyone who , by the
> >> 80s definition, programs is a hacker.
> >[...]
>
> I just misspelled programmers. That is what I said.
Yes, but the essence was, you are not necessarily a hacker just because
you're a programmer. Not all programmers are good enough to make
qualified hacks.
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