phreak
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- noun
- /friːk/
- NSFW
- He has since passed away several years ago, but he was one of the very first phone phreaks.
Examples
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Joe Engressia was the first phone phreak to actually use his mouth, not a Captain Crunch whistle, just his mouth to whistle a free call.
Blog text (21) -
No one is safe from Phineas Phreak.
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Gabriel, you son of a bitch, no one is safe from Phineas Phreak.
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Acid Phreak hacked into the computers of a giant corporation called TRW.
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Phineas Phreak?
Fiction book (1996) -
What, you figure Phineas Phreak here is gonna single-handedly work out a way to kill the Entity while I just hold his soldering iron?
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They called themselves Phiber Optik and Acid Phreak and they spent their time exploring and breaking in to giant computer networks that they knew were the hard realities of modern digital power.
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In the 1970s, many phone phreaks found ways to make free calls by exploiting telephone system vulnerabilities.
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A notorious phreak named Kevin Mitnick became famous for his ability to manipulate telecommunications networks.
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The community of phreaks shared tips on how to bypass phone company restrictions to make free long-distance calls.
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Etymology
Phreak comes from mixing the words phone and freak, giving the image of someone who is 'crazy about phones' and how they work. So a phreak is a person who tricks or studies telephone systems to make free calls or explore networks.