lpbkdotnet<p>Does anyone have any tips for non-destructively dismantling old incandescent lamps (E27 base) with the intent to modify/reassemble them?</p><p>The process is presumably "desolder the pip on the base, then loosen the cement/epoxy/whatever that attaches the base to the glass envelope and separate"</p><p>But does anyone have any details of how to do that last bit?</p><p>I'll tag some communities that might know, feel free to add more?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/emfcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emfcamp</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/electrical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electrical</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a></p>
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Imogen<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1980s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1990s</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PhonePhreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhonePhreak</span></a> </p><p>If you were alive in the 1980’s or the 1990’s and were technically oriented, did you ever use a war dialer?</p>
Kevin McDonald<p>Long before the internet, some phone networks were hackable by playing a single tone at 2600Hz.</p><p>Whistled into a phone, it could grant you unrestricted access. Do you have the vocal chops to be an old-school phone phreak?</p><p>I built a web app to test your ability to produce the legendary frequency. You won't get free long distance calls but you will get some honor in the knowledge that you could have been a cool hacker. 😎</p><p>I am sad to say that I can only whistle up to 1100Hz... But my wife (a long time woodwind player) is able to consistently get it.</p><p>Give it a try: <a href="https://phreak.kmcd.dev/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">phreak.kmcd.dev/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/2600Hz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2600Hz</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bluebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluebox</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
UpInSpace<p>LG und winke winke aus Paderborn 🤩🐈🤖✨ hnf.de <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hnf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hnf</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/winkekatze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>winkekatze</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/katzenmatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>katzenmatrix</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MIT</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a></p>
Kevin Driscoll 📳<p>📞 Exciting new (open access!) article from Jacob Bruggeman comparing "telephone enthusiasts" in the UK and phone <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a> in the US. He argues compellingly that each contributed to a global movement of telco hackers.</p><p>Love this note about the availability of documentation: "To anyone paying close attention, the electronic keys to the telephone systems of both countries were ready for the taking."</p><p>🔗 Jacob A. Bruggeman, "Phreaking the U.K.", Interfaces, vol 6, 2025. <a href="https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Out-of-band</p><p>Understand this if you do not.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6Y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wVyu7NB7W6</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SS7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SS7</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a></p>
Tarnkappe.info<p>📬 Störtebecker: Vom Hacker zum Validierer kritischer Infrastruktur<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Interviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Interviews</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ETCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ETCS</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KlausBaumdick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KlausBaumdick</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LosEndosBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LosEndosBBS</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/SIMKartenhack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SIMKartenhack</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/St%C3%B6rtebecker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Störtebecker</span></a> <a href="https://sc.tarnkappe.info/487bde" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sc.tarnkappe.info/487bde</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Kevin Driscoll 📳<p>Can anyone help <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aoir.social/@rwg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>rwg</span></a></span> ID Suzy Thunder's modems? Two late 70s acoustic couplers.</p><p>Read more: “The Electronic Delinquents,” ABC 20/20, April 22, 1982, <a href="https://hackcur.io/trashing-the-phone-company-with-suzy-thunder/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackcur.io/trashing-the-phone-</span><span class="invisible">company-with-suzy-thunder/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
The 500 Hats of LambdaCalculus<p>Last night I spotted an old wooden phone booth at an axe throwing place in New Jersey. No dial tone, of course, but I did like that it was an older rotary payphone! You don't see those often! I wish I had brought my Cap'n Crunch whistle along!</p><p><a href="https://hackers.town/tags/payphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>payphone</span></a> <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a> <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/2600Hz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2600Hz</span></a></p>
Robert W. Gehl<p>Finally, if it's the 1980s and you're into <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a>, well of course you read the work of BIOC Agent 03:</p><p><a href="http://www.textfiles.com/tap/issue.91/tap9101.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">textfiles.com/tap/issue.91/tap</span><span class="invisible">9101.jpg</span></a></p>
Shadytel<p>phreak pride \m/</p><p><a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/tags/pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://tacobelllabs.net/tags/phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreaking</span></a></p>
ChatTC<p>I've been doing this computer stuff in some form for a very long time. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Phreaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phreaking</span></a> bust in 1980's. Software sales in the same time frame. BBS user and sysop. Multiple borland compilers. Started at desktop move up the ranks. Worked for UCHSC in @<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/denver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>denver</span></a> Proud #303 <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Defcon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Defcon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/goon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bsides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bsides</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/staff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>staff</span></a> BOD <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BSIdesDEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSIdesDEN</span></a> Occasional delegater but I'm not great at it. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intro</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blahblaholdguy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blahblaholdguy</span></a> I've seen some shit. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BOFH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOFH</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></p>
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