yes part of the magic was that there were so many different types of systems to get into. It was much, much more than just the 10 digit phone numbers. There w

yes part of the magic was that there were so many different types of systems to get into. It was much, much more than just the 10 digit phone numbers. There was the parallel Blue Box system. There were mysterious things called "0488s," entry points to satellite systems, strange networks, loops, lots and lots of company voicemail systems, various ways to "extend" or evade traces, access points to service console to give yourself phone numbers, etc. In fact, almost all of the stuff, like conferences was in normal use by corporations during the day and crawled over by teenagers at night :) Even just payphones had numerous ways to be hacked.