hpr2600 :: Special episode on 2600, Blue Boxes, Phreaking
We celebrate the history of hackers, with a nod to the old skool phreak community.
Hosted by Ken Fallon on Friday, 2018-07-20 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.
2600, Blue Box, Phreaking, Radio FreeK America.
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The show is available on the Internet Archive at: https://archive.org/details/hpr2600
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Duration: 00:52:53
general.
2600 Hz is a frequency in hertz (cycles per second) that was used by AT&T as a steady signal to mark currently unused long-distance telephone lines.
A blue box is an electronic device that generates the in-band signaling audio tones formerly used to control long-distance telephone exchanges.
Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. The term phreak is a sensational spelling of the word freak with the ph- from phone, and may also refer to the use of various audio frequencies to manipulate a phone system. Phreak, phreaker, or phone phreak are names used for and by individuals who participate in phreaking.
Radio FreeK America 1
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