Phreaking and Social engineering?
Social Engineering and phreaking cross lines quite a lot. The most obvious reasons are because phreaks need to access Ma Bell in other ways but computers. They use con games to draw info out of operators. Redboxing, greenboxing and other phreaking techniques can be used to avoid the phone bills that come with spending WAAAAYYY too much time on the phone trying to scam a password. Through the internet, telnetting to california is free. Through ma bell, it’s pricey. I say making phone calls from payphones is fine, but beware of background noise. Sounding like you’re at a payphone can make you sound pretty unprofessional. Find a secluded phone booth to use.
