Exploding the phone : the untold story of the teenagers and outlaws who hacked Ma Bell
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Published
New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2013.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvi, 431, [16] pages of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Nonfiction
384.0973
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384.0973
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Subjects
LC Subjects
American Telephone and Telegraph Company -- History.
AT & T (Firm) -- History.
Computer engineers -- United States -- History.
Counterculture -- United States -- History.
Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- History.
Telephone companies -- Security measures -- History.
Telephone systems -- Security measures -- History.
AT & T (Firm) -- History.
Computer engineers -- United States -- History.
Counterculture -- United States -- History.
Telecommunication systems -- Security measures -- History.
Telephone companies -- Security measures -- History.
Telephone systems -- Security measures -- History.
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Published
New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2013.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Map on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-406) and index.
Description
Describes how "phone phreaks" learned how to make illicit but technologically innovative free phone calls and shared the technique, and places the process in the development of telecommunications and the behavior of the telephone monopoly.
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