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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by gumballindie on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:50AM (#39066692)
Stealing content is not the type of rule breaking that phreaking was about.
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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by pelasaco on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:53AM (#39066726)
you were probably not there or in any warez bbc...
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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by HeWhoLurksLate on Saturday January 20, 2024 @06:58AM (#39066774)
phreaking was literally theft lol
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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by pelasaco on Saturday January 20, 2024 @07:13AM (#39066884)
> phreaking was literally theft lol

Right? People get so attached to their political views that they dont even notice it.

Kevin Poulsen, just wanted to win the Porsche for the poor...

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Re:Open source Spotify client that doesn't require Premium n... by quesera on Saturday January 20, 2024 @10:03AM (#39068216)
"Theft of services", yes -- but the marginal cost/loss to the provider was effectively zero.

In this way, phreaking was exactly like media piracy.

But all of the above are entirely unrelated to the meaning of "Hacker" in HN.

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