OT stories about phone phreaking - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Jun 2001

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  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