On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Gabe Steiger wrote:
Is it still possible to phreak a phone by
unscrewing the talk speaker?
I tried unscrewing the mouth peice once, could not unscrew it. Bastard
would NOT budge.
You've figured out why it is no longer possible to phreak. The phone
companies passed a law that required phone manufacturers to screw the
mouthpiece on so tight that nobody could unscrew it. Therefore, phreaking
is no longer possible ;(
Not to mention the fact that eulB sexoB stopped working with the
switchover from Switching System 6 (which used in-band signalling)
to SS7, which uses out-of-band signalling (i.e. a separate network).
Regards,
-dq