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diff --git a/content/2023/how-did-phreaking-work.md b/content/2023/how-did-phreaking-work.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3bee02a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/2023/how-did-phreaking-work.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +--- +title: "How Did Phreaking Work?" +category: "hardware" +abstract: A short movie explaining how it worked. +date: 2023-03-30T12:30:30+02:00 +year: 2023 +draft: false +tags: +- TIL +- phreaking +- hacking +--- +Reading about people abusing machines to achieve anything was unbelievably cool when I was a kid. Back then, they were called hackers, but nowadays, this name is taken over by Russian kids encrypting data on hospital networks. + +One of those magical things was phreaking - a way to gain control over telephone networks. There [were brute force ways](https://youtu.be/Sy9DueBpHx8) and intelligent methods. + +A few days ago, [Connections Museum](https://www.youtube.com/@ConnectionsMuseum) published a vlog explaining how the [Blue Box](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_box) worked. It's well worth the time! + +{{<youtube "8PmkUPBhL4U" "2600? How Phreaking Really Worked">}} |