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  • Jumper775@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your what? Like those things with the dial that are attached to the wall? How are you meant to do it with that?

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      1 year ago

      Easy. You whistle in binary and say modem noises. The operator will patch you through to the internet.

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          1 year ago

          I genuinely can’t tell if you and the person you responded to are doing a bit and committing to it, or are genuinely referring to:

          Phreakers

          Making weird modem noises to hack phones will always be the funniest 90’s hacker thing I’ve ever heard.