It didn't prevent the abuse, even though it exposed it. "Dubbed the "most dangerous hacker in the world," Mitnick was put in solitary confinement and prevented

It didn't prevent the abuse, even though it exposed it. "Dubbed the "most dangerous hacker in the world," Mitnick was put in solitary confinement and prevented from using a phone after law enforcement officials convinced a judge that he had the ability to start a nuclear war by whistling into a pay phone, he said." https://www.cnet.com/news/social-engineering-101-mitnick-and-other-hackers-show-how-its-done/ https://www.cnet.com/news/social-engineering-101-mitnick-and...