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Lots of fun history around 2600Hz for those too young to remember or not part of the phreaking crowd, a fairly extinct form of hacker these days.

A phreaker going by Joybubbles was the first to exploit the tone by whistling. Later, a toy whistle in a cereal box was found to be able to produce the tone, leading to further exploit by John Draper, aka, Cap'n Crunch.

You can 3D print the whistle these days for a bit of nostalgia.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2630646

parent 0xEF 2 years ago

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