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Depends on how you define phreaking. I'm a "White-hat" type phreak. I just look for interesting phone numbers and stuff, I don't steal.

When I get an internet router I'll doqnload it, right now I'm sharing a computer with my dad since my Linux box lacks interweb.

I'm just a curious amateur.

I think it would be really cool if there was a telecommunications secuirty fourm here. Many orginizations have secure computers, but their PBX and VoiceMail systems are open to attack. General phone...

Anything really vital I would use PGP for. Otherwise someone could install a sniffer and monitor the whole network. The administrator is prbably doing this already, as he should (it's a could way to...

Phrack rocks. Buffer overflows are the best exploits, in my opinion. You put 'em together yourself, rather than using random "1337" DoS and stuff other people put together.

Well, I think Denial-of-Service is a bigger problem than both. DoS is much easier to execute then virii. One thing to bear in mind is that virii are used mostly by crackers whereas spyware is used by...

There actually is a book called "Hacking For Dummies". I haven't read it, but I've heard of it. Read about/order it here:
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesTitle/productCd-076455784X.html

I can't believe people take this seriously. Actually, I suppose if you were a parent who knew nothing about computers it would seem plausible. Kind of scary.....

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html

this one is good, it tells you some very good stuff.

Well, I also use the term "newbie" quite often . More often i am using the phrase "hacking"to refer to what i am trying to learn and other more experienced people whos website I go to (like this one).

I use the term "ethical hacker" to refer to myself. Most people still ask me to teach them how to write a virus and h4x0r hotmail though. The only people who know what I mean by "hacker" are, like,...