I think it depends on what side of the fence you were on. In terms of being in the illegal "scene", hacking phones is/was called "phreaking". Phrack was a phreaking/hacking magazine.
If you were an old-school; computer/science; Eric S Raymond-type: you called it Phracking (such as Hacking being a non-illegal exploratory activity). Michael is simply showing is gang affiliation. -- Espi On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought it was called phreaking. > > *From: *Michael B. Smith > *Sent: *Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:09 PM > *To: *[email protected] > *Reply To: *[email protected] > *Subject: *RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > > Pretty certain the process - as well as the spelling - is different. > > > > Even if they are homophones. > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Webster > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 8:03 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > > Phracking, isn't that what they are doing to get oil and gas out of the > ground now? J > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Webster > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Michael B. Smith > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 6:54 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > > Ah. Phracking. Those were the days! J > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *Free, Bob > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 7:49 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > > 2 telephone handsets, 4 alligator clips, couple feet of test lead to wire > them up, a 9v battery and a pair of wires...or 1 wire and a common ground. > > > > Very handy for all sorts of things. I still have a very old pair in my > garage. We used to call it a poor-mans-buttinski J > > > > If you guys were real phone nerds you know what I'm talking about > > > > Now this is the real deal... > > > > [image: http://www.britishtelephones.com/ericsson/ericsson/n202329.jpg] > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] *On > Behalf Of *J- P > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:22 PM > *To:* NT > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > > > > I remember can with strings to my upstairs neighbor (parents weren't to > fond of NYtel bills) which I can only assume were per minute usage charges > in the late 70's. > > then i came accross something like this, dont quite remember the > manufacturer /brand but you can actually make a FREE call provided the > wire reached > > http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=annie+telephones+&qs=n&form=QBIR&pq=annie+telephones+&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=#view=detail&id=7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034&selectedIndex=118 > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.bing.com/images/search?q%3Dannie%2Btelephones%2B%26qs%3Dn%26form%3DQBIR%26pq%3Dannie%2Btelephones%2B%26sc%3D0-0%26sp%3D-1%26sk%3D%23view%3Ddetail%26id%3D7CE75C740BB257EC9F057D37771074C25F610034%26selectedIndex%3D118&k=4%2BViHuL0UtSJBpVrYi3EdQ%3D%3D%0A&r=Jek3QSvahmIrNAN1nuPfQA%3D%3D%0A&m=tEc1G5irlMAfLeougDxyKsG8FjfVrPfe6xOdoLVWVBQ%3D%0A&s=bb097354dc6c16e6a40d4c34188ca407a792e5977b371ed0adbdf9b2d2a4b2b0> > > it looked like a typical rotary phone but obviously couldn't dial number, > only rang the other end > > Kind of like the "bat phone" > > > > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > ------------------------------ > > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Exchange list? (UNCLASSIFIED) > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 15:44:41 -0700 > To: [email protected] > > Old people had phones. Back when I was a kid all we had was soup cans and > string. And that meant if we wanted to talk to our friends we had to eat > the soup!!!!! > > > > > > On Jul 29, 2014, at 3:34 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > WOW, my earliest memory was a "touch tone" telephone with 7 numbers- > however, we did not require area codes back then > 2751058 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > PG&E is committed to protecting our customers' privacy. > To learn more, please visit > http://www.pge.com/about/company/privacy/customer/ > ------------------------------ >
