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The Little Phone Phreak Library

Compiled from a stack of photocopies, this small library of phone phreak-related material provides a solid representation of 1970s Phone Phreak newsletter and article culture. Secrets of the Little Blue Box , by Rob Rosenbaum, was published in the October 1971 issue of ESQUIRE magazine. While some effort is given to make it seem a fictional account, to an entire realm of readers it absolutely is not and greatly expands what was previously a smallish, contained group of telephone system enthusiasts, The Phone Phreaks. While greatly expanding the numbers, it is also the beginning of the end of the telephone company's (relatively) benign response to them. The Banned Ramparts Article is entitled "Regulating the Phone Company In Your Home" and provided clear and helpful plans on creating a Mute/Blue Box. Published in the radical magazine Ramparts, all copies of the magazine were seized at the newstands and libraries by Pacific Bell Company. The Blue Box and Ma Bell is a historical overview of the Blue, Red and Black boxes used by phone phreaks, including diagrams and extensive explanations from an electronics point of view. YIPL or Youth International Party Line was an anti-establishmen

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