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phone phreak
[ fohn--freek ]
noun
Slang.
- a person who uses computers or other electronic devices to place long-distance telephone calls without paying toll charges.
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yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of phone phreak1
First recorded in 1975â80
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âThe captainâ was Capân Crunch, and âthe whistleâ was the famous toy plastic whistle of phone phreak lore.
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Everyone is his own cognitive hacker, his own potential phone phreak.
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Woz adopted the phone phreak handle âBerkeley Blueâ while Jobs became âOaf Tobar.â
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But the phone phreak prank that generated the most publicity and consternation occurred on November 10, 1974.
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At some point the remote tandem would route a call back to the phone phreak, who could then prank the hapless caller.
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