phreaking

studying, experimenting with, and exploring telecommunication systems, often with the goal of making free calls
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phreaking

Summary

phreaking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (514 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • phreaking's image is recorded as Homemade BeigeBox.jpg[2].
  • phreaking's subclass of is recorded as hacking[3].
  • phreaking's subclass of is recorded as subculture[4].
  • phreaking's Commons category is recorded as Phreaking[5].
  • phreaking's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0mdbr[6].
  • phreaking's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Phreaking[7].
  • phreaking's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/phreaking[8].
  • phreaking's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1cd156a8-5ced-4be8-8727-f7f7161d71c1[9].
  • phreaking's uses is recorded as telephone network[10].
  • phreaking's practiced by is recorded as geek[11].
  • phreaking's practiced by is recorded as nerd[12].
  • phreaking's practiced by is recorded as security hacker[13].
  • phreaking's practiced by is recorded as hacker[14].
  • phreaking's named by is recorded as Ron Rosenbaum[15].
  • phreaking's C64-Wiki ID is recorded as Phreak[16].
  • phreaking's GitLab topic ID is recorded as phreak[17].

Why It Matters

phreaking ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (514 views/month).[1] phreaking has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] phreaking is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . blog.historyofphonephreaking.org. blog.historyofphonephreaking.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). phreaking. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/phreaking
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_phreaking_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{phreaking}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/phreaking}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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