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Comments: 1 +-   NYT Article About One of the Original Phreaks on Monday December 31 2007, @12:17PM tmalone

Submitted by tmalone on Monday December 31 2007, @12:17PM
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tmalone writes "The New York Times is running an end of year piece about the most interesting people who have died this year. One of their picks is Joybubbles, also known as Josef Engressia, or "Whistler". He was born blind and discovered at the age of 7 that he could whistle 2600 hertz into a phone to make free long distance calls. He was one of the original phone phreaks, got arrested for phone fraud, and was even employed by the phone company. The article deals more with his personal life (he was abused at a home for the blind) than with his technical exploits, but is a very interesting story."
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