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phreak  (frk)
intr.v. phreaked, phreak·ing, phreaks
Slang To manipulate a telephone system illicitly to allow one to make calls without paying for them.

[Alteration of freak (influenced by phone).]


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The episode of BBS that focuses on the darker side of the scene--hackers, crackers, phone phreaks, and software pirates--opens with a monologue from a portly aging biker called Bootleg with a great frizzy white beard and long hair, who sits astride a great black Harley taking drags from a cigarette.
For example, in the 1970s, the telephone system used audible tones as switching signals; phone phreaks used their own custom-built hardware to match the tones to steal long-distance services.
01 5507 Hack Attacks Encylcopedia: A Complete History of Hacks, Cracks, Phreaks, and Spies Over Time Chirillo, John John Wiley & sons, Inc 2001 ISBN 0-471-05589-1 Take it that "Hack" is something that you would not like to happen to you or your computer.
 
 
 
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