Gold box (phreaking)
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Gold box (phreaking)
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The gold box is a phreaking box whose function is to create a bridge between two telephone lines. In its basic operation, the user calls one of the lines, the gold box answers and connects the two lines together, yielding the dial tone of the second line to the user. The user can then place calls from the second line which are billed to that line. The gold box can be considered a hardware version of a diverter, which is a fixed form of call forwarding. However, while the diverter is a service of
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2023-04-15T22:00:26Z
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