The History of Phone Phreaking Blog

17 Touch-Tone Pads That Never Were

mental_floss has a neat article about 17 Touch-Tone telephone keypads that didn't do well in the focus groups back in 1960.  Take a look and then think about it the next time you "dial" a call.  Thanks and a tip of the hat to Jason for spotting this gem!

DVDs From The Last HOPE Now Available

DVDs of talks at The Last HOPE conference are now (finally) available for purchase from the good folks at 2600.  My two talks were A Hacker's View of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and The History of Phone Phreaking, 1960-1980.   DVDs are $10 each, with quantity discounts if you order more than five DVDs in total (you can mix and match).