It's about phone phreakers, and as quaint as that may sound, the folks who proudly identified as "phreaks" as they used their magic blue boxes to hijack global phone networks to their hearts' content are, in fact, fundamental to the evolution of modern hacker culture.
The tech world has traditionally done a fairly poor job of explaining its history, and of helping modern audiences understand the puzzle pieces that have led us to today. Consider this article on phreaking a rather important piece of a rather important puzzle.
Enjoy the read.
Secrets of the Little Blue Box
By Ron Rosenbaum
Esquire
October 1971
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