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- Black Box, circa 1972 - Black boxes connected to home telephones, allowing callers to bypass long-distance charges. These illegal devices tricked automated telephone exchanges into believing no one answered the receiving end of the call. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated telephone networks; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. William Claxton built this box to connect with his brother, living 300 miles away.
- circa 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Black Box, circa 1972
Black boxes connected to home telephones, allowing callers to bypass long-distance charges. These illegal devices tricked automated telephone exchanges into believing no one answered the receiving end of the call. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated telephone networks; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. William Claxton built this box to connect with his brother, living 300 miles away.
- Black Box, circa 1972 - Black boxes connected to home telephones, allowing callers to bypass long-distance charges. These illegal devices tricked automated telephone exchanges into believing no one answered the receiving end of the call. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated telephone networks; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. William Claxton built this box to connect with his brother, living 300 miles away.
- circa 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Black Box, circa 1972
Black boxes connected to home telephones, allowing callers to bypass long-distance charges. These illegal devices tricked automated telephone exchanges into believing no one answered the receiving end of the call. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated telephone networks; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. William Claxton built this box to connect with his brother, living 300 miles away.
- Blue Box, Designed and Built by Steve Wozniak and Marketed by Steve Jobs, circa 1972 - Blue boxes allowed people to make free, illegal, long-distance phone calls. They mimicked the same 2600hz "switching" tone used by telephone operators to connect people, tricking automated systems. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated the telephone network; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. Built by Steve Wozniak, this box predates Apple Computer Inc. by four years.
- circa 1972
- Collections - Artifact
Blue Box, Designed and Built by Steve Wozniak and Marketed by Steve Jobs, circa 1972
Blue boxes allowed people to make free, illegal, long-distance phone calls. They mimicked the same 2600hz "switching" tone used by telephone operators to connect people, tricking automated systems. In the 1960s, notorious "phone phreakers" infiltrated the telephone network; their actions were comparable to modern-day hackers. Built by Steve Wozniak, this box predates Apple Computer Inc. by four years.