This is an excellent and amazing read.
"Every day people try to steal from us, but nobody has ever stolen from us the way the Badirs did. When they dial, they use the middle finger."
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http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/phreaks_pr.html
Full Version: Three Blind Mice ... Err .. Phreaks
Thanks for posting the interesting article Virus.Indeed quite an amazing read.Infact i had to read the topic twice and slap myself before really believing what i saw. 
Amazing! They remind me of the blind hacker in the movie, "Sneakers". Except this time there's 3 more of them!
A PBX firewall?!? I wonder which stocks are going to soar within the next decade.
A PBX firewall?!? I wonder which stocks are going to soar within the next decade.
That realy is amazing yes.
Strange the judge didn't ban them or atleast him from computers for some time after release. Maybe they don't do that in his country.
They realy got some skill.
Strange the judge didn't ban them or atleast him from computers for some time after release. Maybe they don't do that in his country.
They realy got some skill.
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| Strange the judge didn't ban them or atleast him from computers for some time after release. Maybe they don't do that in his country. |
Well, the way the article puts things, it sounds like the authorities there don't have much of an understanding of technology at all. The judge probably just didn't know any better and considered his crimes to be not so serious. At least, that's all I can figure unless he made a deal with the court that wasn't mentioned.
This was a pretty interesting article, what struck me was the context of blind freaks, way back in 71, esquire magazine published a piece called, "Secrets of the Little Blue Box," which is partialy about blue boxing but also has a wonderful storyline about blind phreaks.
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| The Seattle kid who learned about loops through Bernay's recording told a blind friend, the blind kid taught the secret to his friends at a winter camp for blind kids in Los Angeles. When the camp session was over these kids took the secret back to towns all over the West. This is how the original blind kids became phone phreaks |
Whole article here:
http://www.webcrunchers.com/crunch/esq-art.html
A must read if you're interested in the 'hacker' culture
Great read, good to see some in depth info too 
Reminds me of the original blind phreaker who's name escapes me at the moment.
Reminds me of the original blind phreaker who's name escapes me at the moment.
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