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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Lapsley, Phil, 1965-     Subjects     American Telephone and Telegraph Company -- History.     AT & T -- History.     Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- History.     Telephone companies -- Security measures -- History.     Telephone systems -- Security measures -- History.     Computer engineers -- United States -- History.     Counterculture -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Lapsley, Phil, 1965-       by title:      Exploding the phone ...       by call number:      621.385 L317e     Search the Web     Lapsley, Phil, 1965-     American Telephone and Telegraph Company -- History.     AT & T -- History.     Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- History.     Telephone companies -- Security measures -- History.     Telephone systems -- Security measures -- History.     Computer engineers -- United States -- History.     Counterculture -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Exploding the phone : the untold story of the teenagers and outlaws who hacked Ma Bell / Phil Lapsley. by Lapsley, Phil, 1965- Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2013. Call #: 621.385 L317e Subjects American Telephone and Telegraph Company -- History.   AT & T -- History.   Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- History.   Telephone companies -- Security measures -- History.   Telephone systems -- Security measures -- History.   Computer engineers -- United States -- History.   Counterculture -- United States -- History. ISBN:  080212061X 9780802120618 Edition:  1st ed. Description:  xvi, 431, [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm. Notes:  Map on endpapers. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-406) and index. Contents:  Fine arts 13 -- Birth of a playground -- Cat and canary -- The largest machine in the world -- Blue box -- "Some people collect stamps" -- Headache -- Blue box bookies -- Little Jojo learns to whistle -- Bill Acker learns to play the flute -- The phone freaks of America -- The law of unintended consequences -- Counterculture -- Busted -- Pranks -- The story of a war -- A little bit stupid -- Snitch -- Crunched -- Twilight -- Nightfall. Summary:  This book traces the birth of long distance communication and the telephone, the rise of AT&T's monopoly, the creation of the sophisticated machines that made it all work, and the discovery of Ma Bell's Achilles' heel. Lapsley expertly weaves together the clandestine underground of "phone phreaks" who turned the network into the electronic playground, the mobsters who exploited its flaws to avoid the feds, and the counterculture movement that argued you should rip off the phone company to fight against the war in Vietnam, AT&T responded with "Greenstar", the FBI fought back, too. Phone phreaking exploded into the popular culture, with famous actors, musicians, and investors caught with "blue boxes," many of them built by two young phone phreaks named Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The product of extensive original research, including exclusive interviews and declassified government documents, Exploding the Phone is a captivating, ground-breaking work about an important part of our cultural and technological history. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Nonfiction 621.385 L317e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 621.385 L317e Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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