Phil Lapsley
Exploding the phone
- ISBN 13:
- 9780802122285
- author:
- Phil Lapsley
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 448
- Dimensions:
- 20.8 x 13.7 x 3 cm
- Genre:
- History, Britain & Ireland, Early Modern 1501-1700 (Tudors, Stuarts, Commonwealth, Restoration, Glorious Revolution)
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The story behind the world's largest machine: the telephone system. In 2013, Phil Lapsley revealed for the first time the untold story of a group of misfit hackers who exploited the phone system's billion-dollar flaw. The book explores the birth of long-distance communication and the telephone, the rise of AT&T's monopoly, and the creation of sophisticated machines that made it all work. The author delves into the clandestine underground of "phone phreaks" who turned the network into their electronic playground, the mobsters who exploited its flaws to avoid the law, and the explosion of telephone hacking in the counterculture. Lapsley's extensive original research brings together these disparate threads, creating a captivating narrative that sheds new light on this pivotal moment in history. Exploding the Phone is a groundbreaking book that offers a fresh perspective on the intersection of technology, culture, and society.
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