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phreaking was literally theft lol

• pelasaco 3y ago
  > phreaking was literally theft lol Right? People get so attached to their political views that they dont even notice it. Kevin Poulsen, just wanted to win the Porsche for the poor...
• quesera 3y ago
  "Theft of services", yes -- but the marginal cost/loss to the provider was effectively zero. In this way, phreaking was exactly like media piracy. But all of the above are entirely unrelated to the meaning of "Hacker" in HN.