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The Secrets of the Little Blue Box (Singles Classic)

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The Secrets of the Little Blue Box (Singles Classic)

There is an underground telephone network in this country. Al Gilbertson, creator of the â€œblue box,â€ discovered it the very day news of his own arrest hit the papers. That evening his phone began ringing. Phone phreaks from Seattle, from Florida, from New York, from San Jose, and from Los Angeles began calling him and telling him about the phone-phreak network. Heâ€™d get a call from a phone phreak whoâ€™d say nothing but, â€œHang up and call this number.â€

Often cited as one of the greatest magazine stories ever written, Ron Rosenbaumâ€™s singular, Pynchon-esque The Secrets of the Little Blue Box, about an underground group of hackers who built devices that could crack the telephone companiesâ€™ networks, has staked its claim in the annals of history as the story that inspired the partnership of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and helped create hacker culture.

Features an afterword by the author.

The Secrets of the Little Blue Box was originally published in Esquire, October 1971.

Cover design by Adil Dara.
Country USA
Author Ron Rosenbaum
Binding Kindle Edition
Format Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
NumberOfPages 49
PublicationDate 2016-07-18
ReleaseDate 2016-07-18

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