THE BASICS OF LD PHREAKING VOLUME #2 TYPED BY THE BOCA BANDIT THE BOCA HARBOUR (305)-487-4130 WELL IN THE FIRST VOLUME, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED ALL OF THE NEW INNOVATIONS AND SOME OTHER TIDY TIDBITS IN MINOR DETAIL. IN THIS VOLUME WE WILL DEVELOP ON PICTUREFONE, MA BELL AND ALL HER ABILITIES, & LAST BUT NOT LEAST "THE BASICS OF LD PHREAKING". NOW FIRST PICTUREFONE. PICTUREFONE IS A TELEVISION-VIDEO HOOKUP IN YOUR OFFICE, HOME ETC. WHICH WILL ENABLE YOU TO SPEAK AND COMMUNICATE AT THE SAME TIME, IN OTHERWORDS, YOU CAN SEE WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO. THIS IS A VERY VERY NEW ISDN INNOVATION. NOW LETS DISCUSS IT IN BOTH THE FUNDAMENTALS AND THE DISADVANTAGES. OF COURSE A DEFINITE PLUS WOULD BE THE VIDEO, BUT IS THIS REALLY DESIRABLE? WELL LETS SEE, IF YOU CALL YOU BUDDY ON THE PHONE AND YOU JUST GOT OUTA THE SHOWER AND YOU WANNA GET CHANGED OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS ON THE PHONE AND SHE HAS ONE OF THOSE MASKS ON OR YOU CALL YOUR WIFE AND SEE IN THE BACKROUND ANOTHER MAN IT CAN BE VERY DETRAMENTLE. WELL, BASICALLY THE SYSTEM WORKS ON A MICROWAVE STATION JUST AS A TV STATION EXCEPT YOU ACCESS THESE WAVES BY USE OF THE SPECIAL TELEPHONE LINE DESIGNED BY MA BELL. THE SYSTEM IS KEYED BY WHAT ELSE, A 2600HZ TONE TO ACTIVATE THE VOICE DIALING SYSTEM, THEN WHEN A CONNECTION IS ESTABLISHED, INSTANTANIOUSLY THE CAMERA ON YUR END ACTIVATES AND TRANSMITS BACK TO MA BELL SWITCHING INFO AND IS THEN ROUTED ON THE CORRECT VIDEO LINE CORRESPONDING TO YOUR PHONE NUMBER. WHEN THE CONNECTION IS BROKEN, THE MA BELL SWITCHING OFFICE AUTOMATICALLY SHUTS OFF THE VIDEO OUTPUT AND THE LINE VOLTAGE RETURNS TO NORMAL. THERE IS NO OPTION AS OF YET TO SHUT ON AND OFF THE VIDEO DISPLAY, THIS WOULD BE VERY COMPLICATED BECAUSE THE RECEIVING SCREEN IS NOT A TYPICAL TV SCREEN BUT A MONITOR AND DOES NOT USE TYPICAL TRANSISTORS, IT HAS TO WORK IN CO-OP WITH THE BELL SYSTEM AND THEREFORE CANNOT JUST BE "SHUT-OFF". A TEST SYSTEM OF PICTURE PHONE AS MENTIONED IN VOLUME #1, IS IN OPERATION IN GERMANY. WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE THAT NIFTY LITTLE OPTION TO SEE THE ORIGINATING PHONE NUMBER FLASH WHEN A PERSON-TO-PERSON DIRECT CALL IS PLACED. THIS WILL BE OPTIONAL FOR ABOUT $1000 MORE. AVAILABLE WITH PICTUREFONE IS A SYSTEM CALLED PRIVCODE. THIS AWESOME LITTLE INNOVATION IS A HANDY PRIVACY FEATURE. IT'S SIMPLE, WHEN THE UNIT IS ON, NO-ONE CAN GET THROUGH UNLESS THEY ENTER A 3 DIGIT ACCESS #, CALLERS ARE GREETED BY A SYTHESIZED VOICE (FEMALE) AND ASKED FOR THEIR ID#. AT ALL TIMES YOU CAN SEE WHO IS TRYING TO ACCESS YOUR PHONE. IF THE RIGHT CODE IS ENTERED, IT WILL PAGE YOU ASKING YOU IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO XXXX. ALL IN ALL, PICTUREPHONE SHOULD BE A VERY NICE CHANGE FROM THE BOREDOM OF REGULAR PHONES. --------------------------------------- [ THE BASICS OF LD PHERAKING ] FOR THE NEXT 5 MINUTES OR SO I WILL OCCUPY YOUR TIME WITH THE ETHICS AND HOW TO GET STARTED IN LD (LONG DISTANCE) FREAKING. FIRST OF ALL THERE ARE MANY MEANS YOU CAN USE, THE MOST COMMON OF WHICH IS THE LONG DISTANCE SAVERS, EI: MCI, TEL-TEC, SPRINT, NEWTORK, METROFONE, ITT. THE PURPOSE OF THESE SERVIES IS FOR THE CUSTOMER TO SAVE MONEY ON LONG DISTANCE CALLING BY BUYING A CODE FROM THE SELCTED SERVICE AND USING THAT CODE TO ACCESS THE COMPANIES PHONE LINES. WELL THE TCHNOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE GROUP STEPPED IN AND BEGAN TO "HACK" OR HAVE PROGRAMS TRY CODES IN SEQUENTIAL ORDER UNTIL ONE WAS DISCOVERED. THEN THEY WOULD CALL UP THE PHONE SERVICE AND ENTER THERE NEWLY DISCOVERED CODE AND BANG! YOU ARE ABLE TO CALL ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY ON SOME-ONE ELSES BILL! WELL THE FORMAT FOR DIALING ONE OF THESE SERVICES IS: THE SERVICE NUMBER, (IE:SPRINT) THEN THE CODE+AREA CODE+DESTIN NUMBER. NO '1' IS NEEDED. THIS IS THE NECCESETY OF A TRUE PHONE PHREAK. IT IS NO LONGER VERY WISE TO "ABUSE" CERTAIN SERVICES FOR THEY HAVE SET UP CERTAIN SAFETY PRECAUTIONS TO CATCH THE FONE FREAKS. THE ETHICS, OR WAY TO DO IT, IS AS FOLLOWS: THESE STEPS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR SAFETY AND PROTECTION.. 1) ALWAYS USE A CODE THAT LOTS OF OTHERS USE! 2) IF POSSIBLE PHREAK TO THE SERVICE THROUGH ANOTHER SERVICE, IE: SPRINT TO TEL-TEC. 3) SWITCH CODES OCCASIONALY. 4) NEVER CALL VOICE UNLESS THE PERSON YOU CALL HAS INSTANT AMNESIA. 5) NEVER GIVE INFO LEADING TO THE CAPTURE OF OTHER PHONE PHREAKS BECAUSE THEY WILL ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU AFTER THEY ARE DONE. FOR ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO STILL INSIST THAT THE LD SERVICES TRACE, HERE IS YOUR ANSWER. IT IS AGAINST THE LAW TO PUT A TRACE ON CODES ETC. IT IS FAR TOO EXPENSIVE FOR AN ANR TAP OR A FULL LD SYSTEM TAP SO THE COMPANIES WILL USE A DEVICE CALLED A PEN TAP ON YOUR LINE IF YOU ARE SUSPECTED OF HEAVY ACTIVITY. A PEN TAP GIVES A PRINTOUT OF ALL THE #'S YOU DIAL AND THE NUMBER DIALED. VERY HANDY BUT NOT SUBMISSABLE AS COURT EVIDENCE, ONLY USED TO SCARE YOU. IF YOU ARE EVER CALLED ABOUT PHREAKING AND YOU KNOW THEY HAVE YOU, CLAIM ONLY 5 CALLS OR SO, THEY CANNOT FORCE YOU OR PROVE THAT YOU MADE MORE. IF THE EVIDENCE IS SHAKY DENY EVERYTHING. IF YOU ARE A SYSOP AND HAVE A PHREAK BOARD, HERE IS YOU POSITION IN THE EYES OF THE LAW: YOU ARE ENTITLED AS A PERSON TO POSSESS THE INFO. THEY CANNOT BUST YOU UNLESS THEY CAN PROVE A PHONE PHREAK GOT HIS INFO OFF YOUR BBS, USED THAT CODE AND HAS TO GET A LIST OF ALL THE PLACES CALLED. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SO DO NOT WORRY. --------------------------------------- [ MOTHER BELL! ] WELL, FROM TECHNICAL JOURNALS FROM MA BELL LABS AND A FEW INSIDE SOURCES, HERE IS A RUNDOWN ON HOW POWERFUL MA BELL IS. MA BELL CAN DETECT ANYTHING, REPEAT ANYTHING THAT OCCURS ON HER LINE. SHE CAN DETECT ANY TYPE OF BOX, HOLD BUTTONS WITHOUT THE RIGHT RESISTOR, MODEMS, VOICES, CARRIERS ETC. MA BELL HAS THE MOST FASCINATING POWER OF ALL, VERIFYING! BUT HERE IS HOW MA BELL CAN DETECT ALL THIS SHIT. THE SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE PROCESSESING COMPUTER, OR COSMOS, HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED TO DETECT ANY ILLEGAL TONES, IRREGULAR CALLS, EXTENSIVE RINGING, MODEM CARRIERS ETC. WHEN YOU DO ANYHING COSMOS IS UNHAPPY WITH, SHE DROPS WHAT IS CALLED A TROUBLE CARD TO SOUTHER BELL SECURITY AND ON THE CARD IS PRINTED THIS: LINE DEFERRED TROUBLE FOR XXX-XXX-XXXX ON XXX 1984 OR WHATEVER. PROBLEM: UNIDENTIFIBALE SERVICE TONE FOR ESS#X OR SXS OR WHATEVER THE PROBLEM IS. ANALYSIS: TELLS WEATHER IT IS EXTENSIVE TROUBLE OR NOT. FROM THERE, MA BELL PROCEEDS TO TAKE ACTION, EITHER BY INVESTIGATION, TAPS OR PAYING YOU A LITTLE VISIT. FOR MORE DETAILS ON MA BELL PLEADE READ LEX LUTHOR'S PHILE, 'THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES OF MA BELL.' VERY GOOD. IN THE NEXT VOLUME, LD TAPS WILL BE DICUSSED,AND FOR ALL YOU PARANOID ONES, THE REAL TRUTH BEHIND LD TAPPING. WELL BASICALLY, THAT COVERS WHAT NEEDED TO BE COVERD IN THIS VOLUME. IN THE NEXT VOLUME WILL BE INFORMATION CONCERNING TAPS, NEW PHONE LINES, THE UPCOMING SWITCH BY MA BELL, AND POLICE SACNNER FREQUENCIES AND TONES IN DETAIL. WATCH FOR VOLUME 3 WITHIN A MONTH OF RELEASE OF THIS. WRITTEN BY: THE BOCA BANDIT SOURCES: BELL TECHNICAL REFERENCE MANUALS AND OLD PHREAK PERIODICALS NO LONGER IN CIRCULATION. THE BOCA HARBOUR 305-487-4130