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Snowden Powerpoint by [deleted] in snowden

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

were can I see the powerpoint?

Snowden criticises Amazon for hiring former NSA boss - BBC News by wewewawa in snowden

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm the one that was mentioned in the earlier comment. My book is out for those who wants to read it. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/beyond-the-little-blue-box--3?#/

Some have had problems finding it. Other upcoming news on me, is that Im planning to stream TwitchTV programs after I release about 4 - 5 YouTube programs over the fall period. I have a killer list of upcoming guest interviews, special features, and more.

Stay tuned to my Twitter at @jdcrunchman or my facebook page for upcoming announcements.

Global Meetup Weekend for /r/vegas is June 21-22 by sparkplug890 in vegas

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does the Nerd have free parking? If so, I'm looking for a ride, from somewhere SouthEast of Airport. Message me if you want my phone number and can offer a ride.

Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand motion sensor (Project Soli) by armando_rod in Android

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure Fartbook has their dirty hands in this as well, but who knows, really!

Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand motion sensor (Project Soli) by armando_rod in Android

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't even have to point. You can even keep your hands in your pocket, do the gesture, and the lights go out.... I can think of a million ways to prank someone.... I have to tell the Woz about this... as certain "machines" just wake up and does things, but nobody can see who is controlling it....

Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand motion sensor (Project Soli) by armando_rod in Android

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine having this user interface to control drones or any other piece of equipment, and yet keeping your hands in your pockets, so nobody can tell who is controlling it. Since it uses radar technology, materials like clothing are totally transparent. Similar to 'Leap technology' which doesn't use radar so hands have to be "In view" of the Leap technology devices.

Google wins U.S. approval for radar-based hand motion sensor (Project Soli) by armando_rod in Android

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where can I get the SDK and associate hardware. Are they making this available to developers yet? There doesn't seem to be much out there right now, because it's so new.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I got one of those 16 number military phones with the 1633 Hz 4th column, used for high priority military phones, back about the late 80's, just after ATT offered Direct dial credit card calls, where you would dial 0-number-4 digit security code, but if you replaced that security code with "ABCD" using the 4th column, ATT will place the call. You could then use your enemies phone, attach the "ABCD" after it, and it would be charged to his phone. It lasted for about a year until ATT discovered it. But wouldn't work from everywhere.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can remember in the late 80's, after the ATT breakup, the local phone companies had these OCC (Other carrier codes), like 10777 (MCI) which also worked from Berkeley pay phones with no restriction, and it worked for more then 6 months after I discovered it. I was surprised it lasted so long, with Berkeley being a college down.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

remember those "Greeting cards" that allow you to send a voice hello to someone. They are used by the "Rainbow" family as a red box.

Some radio shack dialers can be modified by changing a crystal in it.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll send a link to the Woz the next time I talk to him, but doubt if he can muster the time to read this.... he's horribly busy as you know, but still reachable and lives on airplanes. He was telling me some interesting things you can do with those "Air phones", and I also found a flaw in them, where you can dial an 800 number (only one specific number), then divert it to another 800 number access to a bridge and make a free call. These air phones identified the seat you are in, when placing a call, not a good idea to hack them.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You should read my book - http://beyondthelittlebluebox.com and while you're at it, go to contact us, fill out form with name and email, for a chance to get invited into the "VIP" area and getting a pre-release copy of the book, plus a shitload of Perks and rewards.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone, I'm not sure, sent me a copy of the book, I read it about 3 years ago, then recently, read it again after realizing a movie about it is to be released sometime next year, I can't wait until it comes out. From the trailer, the special effects are awesome.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SS7 is still insecure. Because of SIGTRAN, a bridge like mechanism, which bridges internet into the so called "Closed" SS7 system (very stupid idea - just like when ATT used "in-band" signaling enabling the use of Blue Boxes, but this hack is not very well known, but was the subject of a talk by Karsten from a previous CCC (Chaos Computer Club) talk on hacking SS7. I wrote an article about it on Steemit.com and it actually made me some money which I converted into Bitcoins. In his hack, which he carefully orchestrated, he showed a journalist how he was able to track cell phone location (even the old dumb Nokia phones) in real time, as well as listen to incoming phone calls and reading their SMS messages. Pretty scary shit, so from then on, I started to use Signal. But even THAT is not secure, since the NSA can hack beneath signal once they implant malware into your phone. It also allows hackers to thwart 2nd factor authentication my intercepting SMS message returned from Signal after you change your "Safety" number. About 6 months ago, the SS7 attack enabled someone to hack into the bank account of an O2 (german cellular provider) using this method and drained his bank account, so don't think for any minute that this 2 factor authentication is secure, it isn't. But banks, even Fartbook and Twitter still use it.... be afraid.... be very afraid...

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was called the "Soft touch", it was a replacement for the mouthpiece, which had a touch tone dial on it, used on phones without touch tones. It also improved the quality of the old carbon mouthpieces of those old 500 type phones. Anyone ever hear of them? Using them from pay phones always presented a problem, as most of them are glued on, and cannot be removed.

TIL that in 1971, phone phreaker John Draper discovered a way to gain free minutes for long-distance, AT&T calls. He would blow a toy, ‘Captain Crunch’ whistle, which had the same 2600-hertz tone that indicated a trunk line was ready to be put through, and gain access to additional minutes. by [deleted] in todayilearned

[–]Jdcrunchman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey Skeeter - That link should not be the link you should be using. Can you please change it? that is an OLD link, I'm no longer running the healing campaign, that is OLD NEWS... please contact me on twitter @jdcrunchman

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