Compare and contrast phone phreaking with phishing
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Both types of crimes involve communication services. Phone phreaking involves using special telecommunications access codes and other restricted technical information to avoid paying long distance charges. A modern version involves the electronic theft of cellular telephone numbers and access codes.
Phishing is an Internet-based scam that is designed to steal valuable information such as credit card numbers, Social Security numbers, user IDs, and passwords. A typical phishing reaches up to 1 million e-mail inboxes.
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