Cap’n Crunch’s Whistle Hack: The Start of Phone Phreaking
In 1971, a toy whistle from a cereal box exposed AT&T’s billion-dollar network, sparking a tech revolution that influenced Apple’s founders.
Cap’n Crunch’s Whistle: How It Led to Phone Phreaking
Phone phreakers discovered a simple cereal box whistle could hack AT&T’s entire network, launching a tech revolution that changed computing forever.