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Re:Hackers (1995) Animated Experience by dylan604 on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:59PM (#46918060)
The use of the soda can pull tab to ground the receiver to get a dial tone was my moment as I was a noob phreaker well before being a hacker. How many kids watching that movie would even know what was happening today? Would they even know what he picks up off the ground let alone the actual phreaking
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Re:Hackers (1995) Animated Experience by cheschire on Friday February 06, 2026 @07:31PM (#46920045)
Let alone the receiver. Or the concept of the pay phone as a whole.
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Re:Hackers (1995) Animated Experience by harel on Saturday February 07, 2026 @06:37AM (#46923043)
And that actual "dial" on the phone...
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