The History of Telephone Systems Hacking
I. Introduction - The '60s and '70sIII. The Technical Aspects That Allowed Phreaking To WorkVI. What's Left For The Phreaking CommunityVII. Bibliography. I. Introduction - The '60s and '70s It's hard for one not to be familiar with the state of our nation in the '60s and'70s. The period was arguably the high point of independent thought for the century. Average, everyday people began to question and disagree with aspects of society that had formerly been respected and revered. The new line of thinking greatly influenced the way society would advanced through that period. The period in question was marked by a particularly hostile attitude towards those who were in positions of authority. The public was unhappy with the events surrounding the Vietnam War. For the first time, there was a large number of people who felt the need to speak up for what they believed in, even if it was against the government. The nation began to see the laying of foundations towards equal civil rights and disarmament, and the reb
The Downfall of Phreaking Eventually, the phone company became wise to the situation. For example, they recently acquired WWW. 2600 heralds itself as "The Hacker Quarterly" and it is a place for hackers to voice their opinions and gather together in an environment where they're not considered threatening. Now, here is what made phreaking so popular. A great part of our budget goes towards research into bettering our armed forces' chances of winning the war, whether it be by building a better gun, or by building better means of communication, or by making military life more suitable for the men in the trenches. While reading these journals, it was easy to see how the Bell Telephone System left it self open to attacks. As people used and abused the phone system, using the "blue boxes" Draper had designed, Ma Bell finally started to catch on to the phreaking scene. However, there was one technology that was budding quite nicely in this period. He could then record them onto a tape recorder to play them over the phone line. Technology would forever after be considered a medium for expression. The SysOp would allow users to call up his computer to leave postings and swap files to and from the hard disk.
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