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Published on: Ev

October 1971

Steve Wozniak reads an article in Esquire describing how a group of young people have created a device that emits the right tones to fool the Bell telephone system and allow free long-distance calls. That evening, he calls his friend Steve Jobs, reads the article to him, and the next day goes to buy the necessary components. By Thanksgiving, it will be working, and they’ll call the Vatican to test it!