Back when I was 15, jefe and Apok0lyps decided to visit me in NYC. My dad knew I was all into this whole "PLA" (I think I had bought the cassette by then) thing and two guys from the PLA were coming by, so at a family gathering he asked me what it was all about. I told him that phreaking was hacking with phones, and this group the "Phone Losers of America" basically makes prank calls that I found funny. I also impressed my family by telling them that prank calling someone was called "cactusing." I was totally serious too, I thought it was part of phreaker lingo. Family took it well. I was 15 and they expected me to be into weird stuff. They just laughed it off as "crazy kids" kind of a thing.
After I took part in a few illegal confs, the phone company started calling my house asking about them. I just pleaded innocent, had no idea what it was about.
I'm also a girl, so I played innocent really well
Not sure if that helps, but that's my story!