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FBI Illegally Tapped Phone Phreaks In 1969
xmedar writes "In his talks about the history of Apple, Woz has often recounted how the 1971 Esquire article 'Secrets of the Little Blue Box' set him on the road to phone phreaking. Now someone has obtained the FBI file of one of the phreaks, Joe Engressia (who later changed his name to Joybubbles), via Freedom of Information requests. The file reveals that Engressia was illegally wiretapped by the FBI and the phone company back in 1969. J. Edgar Hoover considered the blind college student a national security risk and wrote a memo about him to John Ehrlichman."
...an American tradition, going unpunished for __39__ years.
Libertarian is the new fascism. They talk about shrink the government, but they follow that "charismatic" leader, the Fuhrer Ron Paul. The guy is a fascist, as the fascists were for the small state as well, with all the power to the "people" committees.
Pathetic loser geeks that live on a WoW alternate reality shouldn't be giving opinion about American politics. At least, not at this specific moment of American political life, where everybody got REAL (not metaphoric) automatic guns loaded and are ready to kill each other if they diverge opinions.
American democracy is dead, and we are on the verge of civil war bloodbath that will put all the other humankind bloodbaths on shame.
So, shut up, go home, and stop to play politics, as you don't know anything about it.
Joy Bubbles. what a faggot.
Oh Yes, phreaking\hacking was\is so glamorous and elite. It is immoral\unethical\illegal (pick one). Thanks to the gentleman who started it all by whistling into the Gibson and making our government even more paranoid. They have helped set the stage to enact current laws that inflict us. And thank to all the kiddies who praise the good ol days and the patriots who periwinkle boxed into the man. My favorite is the token - But it was hackable! Well, Goodyear and Michelins are slashable, and they often are. Should I blame Firestone and his Vulcan madness? No, I blame the wrongdoers who do because they can. They are so smart.
I'll take Hunter S. Thompson's word on the matter, he was there, watching him, and being much more vocal on the matter of government corruption than teenage druggies give him credit for now.
--The FNP
Nixon. Vocal. About. Corruption. ???
hilarious!
Nothing to see here; Move along.
I knew the FBI were essentially terrorists, I just didn't know they had such a penchant for bombing public buildings. I thought they pretty much stuck to blowing up private buildings of citizens.
Even further I didn't realize the FBI was so seriously against the weather underground. I mean really, they probably have better data than the weather channel.
Of course I didn't RTFA... why would I do that? You really are new here aren't you? Don't let my UID fool you.
"It applies more and more to the behaviour of Western Governments these days. "
This story is about something that happened in 1969.
I don't know what's worse, your post or the fools who modded it interesting when what they meant was "YEAH FUCK AMERICA! I'LL OBVIOUSLY MOD ANYTHING DENOUNCING THE "WEST" (a trollish euphemism for America) UP!"
We might not have won in Vietnam, but the kill ratio was fucking awesome!