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Credit card fraud was really common in the 80 among "hacker" types. I knew of several in Lake Tahoe that were high-school kids at the time in the late 80s - so
by samstave 4y ago
Credit card fraud was really common in the 80 among "hacker" types.
I knew of several in Lake Tahoe that were high-school kids at the time in the late 80s - someohow managed to get credit cards and would order deliveries to "vacation homes" in lake tahoe where they knew the owners lived in the bay area and wouldnt be at the house - and would have things dropped off to the vacant houses to go get them.
Also, in 1980 - we had a payphone inside our home in Tahoe. I didnt know this was an odd thing to have until much later.
- watwut 4y agoLate 1980 was when criminality was going up and right before its peak. It is quite lower now ... and people who were teenagers in late 1980 are almost 60 now.
- chowchowchow 4y agoCheck your math on that one. More like 50 +/- a few years.
- samstave 4y agoIm 47. Started Highschool in 1989
- samstave 4y agoAlso, I have been using computers since 1984... Online since 1993.