---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <20171224221250.GA14428@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:12:50 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: "Secrets of the Little Blue Box" The 1971 article about phone hacking that inspired Steve Jobs. By Ron Rosenbaum In 1971, Slate columnist Ron Rosenbaum wrote an article for Esquire about a loose confederation of proto-hackers who built devices - little blue boxes - that could crack phone networks. According the New York Times obituary of Apple founder Steve Jobs, after reading Rosenbaum's article, Jobs and his partner in founding Apple, Steve Wozniak, "collaborated on building and selling blue boxes, devices that were widely used for making free - and illegal - phone calls. They raised a total of $6,000 from the effort." The original 1971 article, "Secrets of the Little Blue Box," is reprinted below, with permission from the author. It's also available in Rosenbaum's collection "The Secret Parts of Fortune." http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/the_spectator/2011/10/the_article_that_inspired_steve_jobs_secrets_of_the_little_blue_.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <2595D370-2A3F-4682-8704-CB319D834B55@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 11:30:14 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Washington state: Comcast was "even more deceptive" than we thought Washington state: Comcast was "even more deceptive" than we thought "Additional consumers" rejected the SPP, but Comcast signed them up anyway." By Cyrus Farivar The attorney general of Washington has filed a new amended complaint in an ongoing lawsuit against Comcast, claiming that "new evidence" reveals "even more deceptive conduct than previously alleged." The lawsuit, which was initially submitted in August 2016, alleged that hundreds of thousands of Washington residents were "deceived" into paying "at least $73 million in subscription fees over the last five years for a near-worthless 'protection plan.'" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/12/washington-state-comcast-was-even-more-deceptive-than-we-thought/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <C2E71CDA-1C2F-4B96-AEDE-BF4C03502FB1@roscom.com> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2017 18:06:42 -0500 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Edward Snowden's new app turns any Android phone into a surveillance system Edward Snowden's new app turns any Android phone into a surveillance system https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/24/edward-snowden-haven-app/ Snowden-Backed App 'Haven' Turns Your Phone Into a Home Security System https://www.wired.com/story/snowden-haven-app-turns-phone-into-home-security-system/ ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 26 Dec 2017