Compiles news of AT&T rate hikes and regulatory failures, lays out phreak operational-security rules for assuming calls may be tapped, and introduces a mechanical Red Box variant and a ‘Line Relay’ project for triggering devices when the phone rings. Read more →

Publishes a redesigned Red Box circuit, appeals to readers to recruit subscribers instead of raising prices, and covers regional wiring variations of the ‘T network’ along with continued reader information-trading. Read more →

Cites a reader report that the NSA monitors all trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific calls, publishes corrections and deeper technical notes on the Red Box, warns of a New York City subway slug scheme, and prints a country-code list for direct-dialing international calls. Read more →

Recaps the July 1972 NYC Phone Phreak Convention, reports wire fraud charges against John ‘Captain Crunch’ Draper and solicits donations to his defense fund, and publishes full schematics for the Red Box coin-tone oscillator. Read more →