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[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It never really was secure. You could always set the Caller ID on an outgoing PRI trunk to whatever you wanted with any of the phone systems in the last half century. It isn't validated.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Also phone phreaking existed. Just blow a whistle into the pay phone and get free calls.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I had a little touchtone dial pad I could put up to the mouthpiece and dial through with. It was sweet

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

It was when you had to ask the nice lady to connect you. That's what happens when you remove all the infrastructure jobs.