Phreak

Word PHREAK
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Definitions and meanings of "Phreak"

What do we mean by phreak?

To manipulate a telephone system illicitly to allow one to make calls without paying for them. intransitive verb

A person who engages in phone phreaking. noun

To engage in phone phreaking. verb

A person who engages in phone phreaking.

Someone who likes to explore the workings of the telephone system, such as switching, call routing, etc. Phreaks are always trying to keep up with the latest telecom innovations. Urban Dictionary

Phreak (or phreaking/phreaker) is a term used to describe the early hackers in the late 70's-early 90's who manipulated the tone-based telephone switching systems to conduct unauthorized activity within that system. Although these "phreakers" rarely had malicious intent, their curiosity often got them arrested and heavily punished. Urban Dictionary

As an expansion on a previously posted deffinition: A phreak is anyone who explores phone systems. Basically a phone hacker Urban Dictionary

A term of exclamation used to describe a person, in reaction to something silly and/or humourous they say. Not necessarily used as an insult, this term is most commonly used as a term of endearment and should never be taken seriously. Taken from a combination of the words freak and prick. Urban Dictionary

(noun) A person obsessed with the illicit application of fringe technology. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is too freaky for the simple word "freak." This can have positive as well as negative connotations. Urban Dictionary

-Person who is able to use a dial tone to hack, and or participates in anarchistic activities. Urban Dictionary

A form of hacking, as applied to telephone networks. Phone phreaks exploit weaknesses in the phone system to make long-distance calls for free, tap into other's calls, take control of lines, get free phone services, and the like. Phreaks (or phreakers) are usually motivated more by technical curiosity and the hacker ethos than any criminal intent (although phreaking is most certainly illegal). To bounce a call through a dozen different switching systems around the world, to your friend next door - all for free - is regarded by phreaks as an accomplishment. The fact that they are committing fraud and felonies in the process is regarded as incidental - or perhaps part of the fun. The tools of phreaking often take the form of "boxes", such as the blue box, red box, or beige box. These devices - whose names refer to their function, not their actual color - generate various useful audio frequencies or electrical signals. The "red box", which allows you to make free calls from pay phones, is the easiest to build and can be assembled using two parts from Radio Shack that cost less than ten dollars. The archetypal phone phreak is John Draper, aka Captain Crunch, who began phreaking on the West Coast in the 1960s. The practice of phreaking has declined in recent years, as phone networks have been upgraded from old analog systems to newer, less vulnerable digital systems. Urban Dictionary

The Exploration of the Telephone System, through any means necessary. Urban Dictionary

David 'Phreak' Turley is a member of Riot, the creators of League of Legends. Hailing from the competitive Warcraft 3 scene, David “Top 5 World” “Phreak” Bringing his Northern California pride with him, David (known as Phreak in the Riot office) was told by his pro-team’s manager’s ex-roommate David Dunne to apply for an internship at Riot. After taking #1 on the normal games ladder in December 2009 and proving that he could talk just as fast when referencing League of Legends, he was instantly hired and stuck out to make a name for himself in the eyes of all the League’s summoners. Phreak is in charge of the League of Legends Champion Spotlights on YouTube. Phreak also is a great dancer and always makes sure to deal tons of damage. Urban Dictionary

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The word "phreak" in example sentences

A phone phreak is someone who loves exploring the telephone system and experimenting with it to understand how it works. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Recently I have been working on a piece that examines some of the aesthetics similarities between phrakers, underground hackers, and trollers and it sort of hit me that I had no idea when the term "phreak" or "freak" came into being. ❋ Biella (2010)

"Spell 'phreak' with a ph and you're talking about somebody who steals phone services. ❋ ISCARS (2010)

But from his days as a phone phreak, breaking into Pac Bell himself, ❋ ISCARS (2010)

Instead, he was seduced by the funky phreak culture. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Yeah not so sure about an animated character there has to be another way to make stats interesting. phillies phreak m-m-m-m-m-maz headroom! ❋ Unknown (2009)

He started out in the early 1980s, pulling pranks as a teenage "phone phreak" before moving on to more serious computer crime. ❋ Unknown (2008)

October 29, 2008 at 12:31 AM rise my minons of mayhem let us liberate the internet to be a 100% free domain. i summon every man or woman who can hack, phreak, crack to bring order to chaos. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I used to be a phone phreak or telecomm hacker back in the early to late '70's, and I was part of an informal group wherein I was one of the social engineers and legal consigliare's. ❋ Mac (2007)

In certain fone phreak circles you'll also see comments made about early releases of phones having such problems, which are subsequently corrected by firmware updates, but locating and installing revised firmware can be an adventure in itself. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Virtually nothing can be done to stop the informed phone phreak as he will change ESN/MINs, etc. ❋ Pula, Robert P. (2003)

Vegas outcall services phreak each others 'phones to redirect incoming business. ❋ Unknown (2001)

But from his days as a phone phreak, breaking into Pac Bell himself, Gillette knew that phone company employees might have to physically run through the switches—which are huge rooms filled with electrical relays—visually finding the connections, in order to trace a call back to its source. ❋ Jeffery Deaver (2001)

Don't start off trying to attain a certain level as a hacker or phreak. ❋ Unknown (2000)

If you're a field phreak, or you've been looking for certain numbers and can't find them, this list is definitely what you need. ❋ Unknown (2000)

If you aspire to become a hacker/phreak, don't just read text files, put what you've read and learned into practice. ❋ Unknown (2000)

A [Phreak] is not just [someone] who makes "[free] calls"! ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Cap'n crunch] is the best known [phreaker] of all time because he discovered [the effect] of the 2600Hz tone. ❋ Nick Marco (2003)

❋ Chuck (2003)

[Friend 1]: I didn't know that the [buffalo] has [wings]... Friend 2: It doesn't! You're such a phreak! ❋ BelleAngel (2009)

In the early 1970s, phone [phreaks] designed and marketed [little boxes] that allowed the users to make [unlimited] free long-distance calls. ❋ LeRoy Greene (2004)

Damn, that girl [on the dance floor] is a real phreak! I want her number [like mad], [dawg]. ❋ Patrick R. (2002)

- [s/he] [jackpotted] the [atm] using a micro computer between the host and atm / s/he sent (insert location)into complete chaos by doing _______ and_______ ❋ Great Elsamo (2003)

I phreaked the [PBX] with [my blue] [box]. ❋ Greenie (2003)

We are [Phreaking] [the local] [Switch]! ❋ RedBoxChilipepper(not Really) (2003)

Phreak: Welcome to the "[League of Legends] [Champion] [Spotlight]". Today we will be dealing tons of damage. ❋ Pepe69 (2013)

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