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Scoundrellertoday at 2:02 AM0 repliesview on HN

I learned (long ago) it’s trivial to fool my satellite receiver’s modem’s dial tone verification for remote pay per view ordering (it doesn’t phone home right away but gets angry if it’s not connected to a phone line).

Turns one a single frequency that’s remotely close to one of the two tones of a dial tone will convince it. Wasn’t sine wave either but not a problem! 555 powered by a 9V battery.