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THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
REPRINTED FROM TAP ISSUE #86. (TAP,
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THE PHONE PHREAK'S TEN COMMANDMENTS
I. BOX THOU NOT OVER THINE HOME
TELEPHONE WIRES, FOR THOSE WHO
DOEST MUST SURELY BRING THE
WRATH OF THE CHIEF SPECIAL
AGENT DOWN UPON THY HEADS.
II. SPEAKEST THOU NOT OF IMPORTANT
MATTERS OVER THINE HOME TEL-
EPHONE WIRES, FOR TO DO SO IS TO
RISK THINE RIGHT OF FREEDOM.
III. USE NOT THINE OWN NAME WHEN
SPEAKING TO OTHER PHREAKS, FOR
THAT EVERY THIRD PHREAK IS AN
FBI AGENT IS WELL KNOWN.
IV. LET NOT OVERLY MANY PEOPLE KNOW
THAT THY BE A PHREAK, AS TO DO
SO IS TO USE THINE OWN SELF AS
A SACRIFICIAL LAMB.
V. IF THOU BE IN SCHOOL, STRIVE TO
GET THINE SELF GOOD GRADES, FOR
THE AUTHORITIES WELL KNOW THAT
SCHOLARS NEVER BREAK THE LAW.
VI. IF THOU WORKEST, TRY TO BE A
EMPLOYEE, AND IMPRESSEST THINE
BOSS WITH THINE ENTHUSIASM, FOR
IMPORTANT EMPLOYEES ARE OFTEN
SAVED BY THEIR OWN BOSSES.
VII. STOREST THOU NOT THINE STOLEN
GOODES IN THINE OWN HOME, FOR
THOSE WHO DO ARE SURELY NON-
BELIEVERS IN THE BELL SYSTEM
SECURITY FORCES, AND ARE NOT
LONG FOR THIS WORLD.
VIII. ATTRACTEST THOU NOT THE ATT-
ENTION OF THE AUTHORITIES, AS
THE LESS NOTICABLE THOU ART, THE
BETTER.
IX. MAKEST SURE THINE FRIENDS ARE
INSTANT AMNESIACS AND WILL NOT
REMEMBER THAT THOU HAVE CALLED
ILLEGALLY, FOR THEIR COOPERATION
WITH THE AUTHORITIES WILL SURELY
LESSEN THINE TIME FOR FREEDOM ON
THIS EARTH.
X. SUPPORTEST THOU TAP, AS IT IS
THINE NEWSLETTER, AND WITHOUT
IT, THY WORK WILL BE FAR MORE
LIMITED.