Tag: Privacy

  • 2022 Week 38 – Phone Phreaking

    2022 Week 38 – Phone Phreaking

    Last week I stumbled upon an old article on Altas Obscura, initially published in 2018, that brought back some fond memories. What if I told you that once upon a time (the late 60’s), you could take a cheap plastic whistle that you dug out of a box of Captain Crunch and blow it into…

  • First it Was Cell Phones, Now This?

    First it Was Cell Phones, Now This?

      U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement [Link to NY Times article] Cell phones are tracked, Internet usage is tracked, Cars are tracked, now we find out Snail Mail is tracked…  These must be some unbelievably big databases and data centers to store this kind of information. Guess it’s time for me…