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  • @[email protected]
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    2511 months ago

    Your what? Like those things with the dial that are attached to the wall? How are you meant to do it with that?

    • @[email protected]
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      3011 months ago

      Easy. You whistle in binary and say modem noises. The operator will patch you through to the internet.

        • Sai Somsphet
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          511 months ago

          I genuinely can’t tell if you and the person you responded to are doing a bit and committing to it, or are genuinely referring to:

          Phreakers

          Making weird modem noises to hack phones will always be the funniest 90’s hacker thing I’ve ever heard.

            • Sai Somsphet
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              211 months ago

              I was a 90’s kid. Making weird noises in the phone was magic to me.

              • TurtlePower
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                111 months ago

                I know a lot of people get weird about it, but the Anarchist’s Cookbook had TONS of info on phreaking and exploiting telephone systems. It wasn’t just about how to make napalm and tennis ball bombs (but that shit was hella fun, too).

      • @Aurenkin
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        111 months ago

        Ohhhh so like Terminator 3