Hack payphones and SIM cards

Hack payphones and SIM cards

Citizen Engineer is an online video series about open source hardware, electronics, art and hacking by Limor (`Ladyada') Fried of Adafruit Industries & Phillip (`pt') Torrone of MAKE magazine.

In part one of this episode dedicated to phone hacks, you'll learn how a how to build your own SIM, or Subscriber Identification Module, card reader and receive tips on viewing deleted contacts and text messages.

In part two, you'll learn how to modify a "retired" payphone so it can be used as a home phone and/or for VoIP (Skype). You'll then learn how to modify the hacked payphone so it accepts quarters. And, lastly, you'll see how to use a Redbox to make "free phone" calls from the modified coin-accepting payphone.

For more information on any or all of the above hints and hacks, take a look!

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Bryan Crow 1 year ago
This is an incredibly interesting video... Well worth watching the whole way through.
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ryan 4 months ago
goood
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sven d 1 year ago
this was fun, but i cant find an old payphone thats not still in use...
so i havnt gotten to try it yet...
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kenyweb 12 months ago
i love this video
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WOLFGUTTS 11 months ago
GOOD TO KNOW
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guzzer 11 months ago
by the look of ya dp kenyweb. thats not all that you love
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Kiwi Kid 10 months ago
Excellent A+ very well explained. Cheers keep up the good work
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jolive1530 10 months ago
now instead od building your own, can you use a standard SD reader with a SIM card port? im wondering cause thats what i have. please let me kno. thanks. and excellent video.
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Denny Ristie 10 months ago
I cannot build that equipment but is the SD reader good to use ?
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Xrds 8 months ago
You are fantastic. IF i got a hold of a phone could you modify it for me?
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tarantula12 8 months ago
very interesting!
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henry_nguyen 7 months ago
HD video!
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jon4321 5 months ago
I like it!!!
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faimax 4 months ago
That was a great video.
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mishka007 3 months ago
Awsome lol i wish i could do that 2.
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jex_18 3 months ago
that's fantastic! nice, pls send me copy of the circuit diagram u used. here's my e-add nextmonth_052806@yahoo.com
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xxXMUSTOXxx 2 months ago
wow good video :)
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quangsang last month
Nice work keep up..
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rubyvalentine45 last month
great video, but I still have questions concerning the "cloning."
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grogtgs 4 weeks ago
You can buy a simcard reader for like 99cents on ebay
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Kei-kun 1 week ago
so..um....your center lip piercing isn't centered. there, I said it.
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