Re:Evan Doorbell's Classic Phreaking Tapes
by dmix on Thursday September 07, 2017 @05:14PM
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This sounds interesting but he's using so much phone jargon it's hard for me to follow. Is there some good intro to this stuff somewhere?
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Re:Evan Doorbell's Classic Phreaking Tapes
by brianzelip on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:05PM
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Sure, one is 'Exploding the Phone', 2013, by Phil Lapsley. http://explodingthephone.com
Great book.
Re:Evan Doorbell's Classic Phreaking Tapes
by snorkel on Thursday September 07, 2017 @10:25PM
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This is essentially trainspotting for telephony nerds. Most of this hobby is exploring and mapping telephone exchanges just by dialing random numbers and listening, and sometimes discovering interesting unlisted phone numbers. The jargon is mostly referring to identifying telephony switching equipment based on dialing a lot of phone numbers in a given area code then listening for the subtle audio clues that hint at the type of switching used by that exchange. Lookup Step by Step switches on YouTube for to see what old timey telephone exchange equipment was like.