Getting access to the ruined hideout of Phreak north-east of SRO and inspecting his wanted poster and phone replicas does not trigger the 'find phreak' quest nor does it allow to ask Jon the Beatiful more about him or give player an ability to recognize him during the first meeting. Given that other options of finding out about Phreak's shenanigans work normally (bloody mobile tablet, emergency phone near lunatics), i assume this is a bug.