"Major Variola (ret)" <mv@cdc.gov> wrote:
Back when the protocols were unprotected... much like the 'net today :-)
Hell, as recently as three years ago the pay phones in Boston could still be red boxed. It may actually still be possible---I haven't tried in a while. Haven't done it here in Austin, either. I discovered (probably not the first time it's been discovered, but new to me anyway) a while ago that the autodial phones in ATMs that connect you to the bank's Retard Line could be fooled into making phone calls for free. You just have to start pulse dialing with the hook before the autodialer kicks in; if you do it right the dial tone goes away fast enough that the autodialer never activates. I never tried simply using my own tone dialer, but it's likely that would also work unless they're smart enough to mute the mic. -- Riad S. Wahby rsw@jfet.org