This just reminded me of my first online girlfriend I met on AIM. I think I was 12-13 and I socially engineered an AT&T operator into letting me bill long-dista

This just reminded me of my first online girlfriend I met on AIM. I think I was 12-13 and I socially engineered an AT&T operator into letting me bill long-distance call charges directly to my parent's house by pretending to be a traveling salesman. It was an enlightening moment about the fragility of human-fronted systems. $1,200 later and a disconnected phone line...let's just say they weren't thrilled. I also got my parent's AOL account suspended in 1995 when I decided to repeat this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=115&v=Erl-Uk8-Xr4&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=115&v=Erl-Uk8-Xr4&feature=yo...) in the AOL kids chat. I really, really miss the early internet.