10-25-2011, 08:48 PM
I heard a story from Woz talking about the Blue Box. He said they were driving some beat-up car and had 'Captain Crunch' (a famous phone phreaker) in the car with them. They were pulled over for something or the car broke down or something. Any way a cop shows up and asks what the Blue Box is. Knowing that possession of a blue box is a federal offense, Woz says it is an electronic synthesizer, a prototype electronic musical instrument. The cop presses the button and it makes the notorious tone used to open phone circuits. The cop doesn't recognize it and tells them to keep working on it because it only makes one sound and it sounds like a phone. They all breathe a sigh of relief as the cop leaves.