THINGS YOU MAY NOT REALIZE ABOUT TELEPHONES

IN 1971, HACKER JOHN DRAPER USED A

WHISTLE HE GOT FROM A CAP'N CRUNCH BOX

TO HACK AT&T (PHONE PHREAKING). HE THEN

PLACED A BUNCH OF LONG DISTANCE

PHONE CALLS FOR FREE

HACKER KEVIN MITNICK SPENT THE FIRST PART

OF HIS SENTENCE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION CONVINCED THE

JUDGE THAT HE COULD START A NUCLEAR

WAR BY WHISTLING INTO A TELEPHONE

ONE TON OF TRASHED CELL PHONES CONTAINS

MORE GOLD THAN 60 TONS OF ACTUAL GOLD ORE

CARLTON RICH WAS IN JAIL WHEN HE CALLED

HIS GIRLFRIEND. SHE THEN CALLED THE PRISON

ON ANOTHER PHONE WHICH ALLOWED

CARLTON TO IMPERSONATE AN OFFICIAL

GIVING HIMSELF A RELEASE ORDER (BY

HOLDING THE PHONES TOGETHER). CARLTON

WAS RELEASED BUT THEN RE-ARRESTED

3 DAYS LATER

SOLENNE SAN JOSE OF FRANCE, RECEIVED A

PHONE BILL FOR MORE THAN 11 QUADRILLION

EUROS. THAT'S MORE THAN 150 TIMES THE

GDP OF THE ENTIRE WORLD. THE COMPANY

FIRST OFFERED TO LET HER PAY IN

INSTALMENTS BUT THEN ADMITTED THEIR MISTAKE

THE FASTEST TEXTER IN THE WORLD IS

SONJA KRISTIANSEN OF NORWAY. SHE SENT

THIS MESSAGE IN 37.28 SECONDS

IN 1996, WHEN THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT

WAS INVESTIGATING A SPREE OF CELL PHONE

THEFTS, THEY DISCOVERED THAT FISHERMAN

WERE USING THEM AS BAIT. APPARENTLY THEY

USED THEM TO PRODUCE A HIGH PITCHED SOUND

IN THE WATER THAT ATTRACTED THE FISH

IBM RELEASED A TOUCH PHONE WITH EMAIL

CAPABILITIES…IN 1993 (IBM SIMON)