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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It never really was secure. You could always set the Caller ID on an outgoing PRI trunk to whatever you wanted with any of the phone systems in the last half century. It isn't validated.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Also phone phreaking existed. Just blow a whistle into the pay phone and get free calls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I had a little touchtone dial pad I could put up to the mouthpiece and dial through with. It was sweet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It was when you had to ask the nice lady to connect you. That's what happens when you remove all the infrastructure jobs.