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JANUARY, 1986!
yOt.OMU THREE, WMfSLROSF.
Private Sector Returning
BA CK ONLINE NEXT MONTH BUT MANY QUESTIONS REMAIN
Tht P i ivaic Sector bu lletm boaid system (the official BBS of
IViajWJiiieJ, sc-ii-rd by New Jersey uutborllies on July 12,
I9&S, is in flit process of being relumed. However, Tom RSieh,
die system bpem lor, feels he is being forced to plead gnihy 10 a
token offense.
Vv her, 1 h.e board was taken, iS-il- proseculOTy see Tiled io haw
I it Lie idea os to wliaL it was ihgy were looking Lot. At a press
ton fere noe the following week* they claimed that ttlich and sis
brlters were moving satellites iia s pace with their computers and
doing stTiinge Ihingtlo the nation's defense dnpUrl men! , Now.
six riLonlbs Inlet, ibw, or anything else, lias yen to be proven in
T om^ case.
Qn DcccnibcSr 6, Judge Mark Epstein gave Assistant
Prcisccutor Frank Graves one lins-l month to find something in
orrtt 1 1 n prow h is conspi racy cate, ol lit rwise list ease won d be
thrown mu Graves only came up with a blue bos program i hut
was origim Ijy discovered on the Eârivatc Sectorâs lianj disk. back
in .July. This program wus consec tie ally defined os a "hurgbi ry
toolâ. "Cat's Vl-sow'', ;he progra m'-i title, can kit- uv.sj iii
generate blue bits Jones (Ml 1 ' tones), as well as regular touch
tones, speech synthesis-, and other sound tflCL-is. Middlesex
Court l y reportedly sent i be program, along with OlLeh 's whole
computer system to Bell 1 j'shs lo see if it cue Id prod r.ee the nastv
Mb' tones-: 'Cat's Meow"', written by the Tempest, was
approved by EicLI labs us a working bine bos, as long as it was
used with a n Applecat modern ESI ieh sa id it was given to h ini by
an associate along wiih other programs and that he found ii
entertaining, because nf the rtuires ii made and educational in
i hat it taught him a Ihtle bii about Ihe phone network. He
cla inis i sever tn have used 1 he program to nmi ke free phone rolls
ordn anything of a fraudulent nature. The program was mu
aece-ssihlc to anyone calling the bulletin board, either.
According to the authorities, no illegal calls have ever I wen
traced tei Klich and there is no evidence of any i )tqjn | activity on
bis pern, In New Jersey, though, under a particular statute, ii is
ijlcgal tu possess virtually anything which ran be used 1o
|V.a petiJite fraud.
Blifih wak Lulxl that if lie pleaded guilty lu the: fourlh degree
misdemtsntor which would carry no sentence. hit equipment
wiOuld be retu med and all other eW rges agii inst him would he
dropped.
Rul r. one of iltis explains hew various law enforcement
departments could j a si ify searching his home am I sr i/ing his
eqnipmctit, especially if it wus based on the possibility thal
Bheh was undermining Ihe security of die United Spues by
disrupting International telecommunications and ir niton mg
the Defease Department , when absolutely nothing, would po int
a nyonc with t he inlel llgenrc of a tic ns to th is CbpelussOn . M oi «
spec ificaL ly.. Pt 'OSeCOtOT Alan A . Kockoff staled that one ohji rge
was that [lie âyoung ccmputcrniks, IdhrCatCuCd i h i nation's
defense' 1 by stealing i n fo r mat i n n on military lank parts
manufactured by a Connecticut defense eontractor. Now, after
no evidence ts found, m.i coin pla inlands me found, aivd
Prosecutor Keck offs outlandish head lines have worn away,
Fthch will be on pTobatinn fora year btJCause he had a blue lies
d-i
program and all lIljs to cover up lor some fools'
OVCrrCii loll >UCSS
Wilt somebody please wake os up? Gan this- really hr
happening'? Almost any computer is capable of producing
âillegalâ' tunes. Programs thal produce such tones are
common plant, m say the least. Many people pwsess them just
fur tlie sake of sw! ng what they look I ike a nd huw they work .
Arc New .I-l-i » i;v aulhor.ties now punishing people lor being
curious'?
What il Blieh himself had written this program':' Are l hey
now Lulling us it's illegal i.j u -rfre certain things, been use Ihev
could potentially be 3n a ti^d way? Cleaity, 1 hereâs
someilnjtg fundamentally wrong here,
li s ciisy to say lha L someone who has 5i blur box program is
only going to use it for i lleyg ; uel iviiy. But ii L v simply not i an;
and it\ also a very dangerous assumption, ll'a program <3n diaii
can be coustmed as a huTgluiy lool, Llicu why rlid ihe
pr. ixeru lor send Blselia prinrnui ofthefyurptsge program! 1 Esn>
this distribution of a lutrgbny tool? And what of the program-;
Hull appeal an Ihe tofomuMtm Hvrcuu section of this ivstat?
Possession of a gun is tune i h'.ng. hceause there aren a 1 1 that
many thi ugs you ca h do wi I h a gun, unkss yt m 'i e a wtil lector
fOf eo i jimt, possessing ;! deadly weapon is legiil, but 'ac won't
get i :: i n rJifp'. J W ii h a com purer pro grain . however, the re a re an
iiifinik: number of possibilities. Senueonje could ptasscss it for
the soJreof huvingan intereiting program, sOIbni they on learn
hnw i a make, suuud effects with l Ivei i con ipu ier. so that they can
licai' what ihese magical tonev actually sound like, and so on
V c.v, i lie re is i he possHtifis\ sonsehod y could use this program
fiir illegal purposes. Bur it's really just as easy fin lam, much
easeer) to use a standard touch mne phone 1o commit fmatl
: here days. E-fow is possession of a loueh tone phone any ksv o f
a crime than ihl- program? J hey ean hnth fui used for legitimate
purposes as wall ai illegitimate ones, it's noi laird to retrace the
Logie that is used m argue this, hut is tins logic Mrrect?Or is it
polentLsILy a danger to everyone, not just uv?
We fed threat euyod by such actions. How hard would it be to
eoucludc that this inaganne ttseh'is a burglary fool? ftetiiuse we
diereuM how â.lie v,i i mi. is networks work and hfiCmse we expose
the inadequacies and weaknesses, arc wc nut paving the way for
crirnlmi Is? Perhaps we ate. hut at the :sim? i ime weâre wok ing up
an awful Lot of people. People who resil^e Lliat their secrets
areu'l sale ina jKimculrif computer or people who need to know
how their phone system works we extsl for ihe purpose of
education alone. We camsdt be' held accountable; fur the
potruiiu misbehavior of one of -out subreri hers that is an
unns-ist inable expectation.
Fnriunutely. we 're not yeL at a stnge where such affronts ean
is-ieur at a nuigarim:. Why? Mtigusmes are tangible, pruple
gene ral ly undcnsLjud i hem V ou ca rA hold a emmpu air hu I Iren
board in Irom of you, Lhough. Vlosl poopk: donât understand
what a BUS is m the Sirs! place. It's vo much easier to get away
with something if most pcopIc dnpH understand what y-ouâic
really doing Ihis is whaS the authoiities have accomplished.
WcVe made some important emigres-, in ibis case. Wf
fcr/Mbiu/'t j i; :v p ,nogf j -H)
The Basics: DIVESTITURE: WHAT HAPPENED?
It s IraM years now since Lht>- broke up [hu telephone
company, and if you ask around, most people seem ip believe it
wasij b:.L-d idea. | n the past yon nsretvod ouly one phone bill and
you never had Lo worry about Aonâto' place yotir calls. ft seemed
su nint h simpler liven,
Eur phone plircaks. i ho up hi. the last two' years ha st meant' art
inn-easing number of hwts In play with. bew pay phones, :mw
I - il n i : z d istancc coin pa a in. new ways of doling what could onl y be
rloiH.: nne way before. While many of us miss 1 he days of- that
siniile formidable opponent (Mu Bell), we itpnagc to have fan
hy i iguring out a IL of tin.: \n r^nnese and being looked upon as t he
only people who si i'll understand how to make a pit one eal I,
I his is meant to he a brief guide Lu jusL whal has happened
Rceause ol il>e divest .Lure aiid whuL I he ram i he at kins may he.
Wo'nc not lysing to compare lutes ot the many companies like
allofllie newspapers a re doiugand weâre not going lo complain
â ihout hnw difficult it is roenpu wiih phones these days Like all
ol the columnists me doing. In plain English, w\Al simply to.'
and figure om what i he hell it gning on.
The Way II Used To Be
L.et s 1 1 1 1 i k a i i ji c way things were. F.SL-epi for some
tilde pendent Local com p.i a ies . your loco I phone -company was a
pan of 1 he nal ioawidt fir II System. Italhied together nice ly if
vhhj wanted lo call long disLnncc, you Vi pkioc the call through
your I ij c-e 1 1 company .-i r;d I hey would hi l I you for il , and i hat was
it . W nat you most h k sly duin 'I It now (or tare about i wax i hill
your Local company had hooked into the national company and
in turn hud hooked into (hr local company on the nilicr
end. As fur as we were a l| eoncemed, rlie Iii.l.i! company Mill i(
al I.
Under this system, things worked fairly well. It wus simple
I oi customers, ei IL of the ponipiimes bcncfiied {the local
companies could Veep tlieii rules lower because the national
company would pay them and (he national company got a
monopoly rm every long dislanoe cull placed), and there wen;
no real problems,
l.fo( il wasn V 1 ;j ir. I n nearly a It qounl nes, 1 lie phone comps ny
rs run by ibe government and i hutâs it. But kre. the phone
company was being run by private enterprise, yei Lherc was no
compel it itnr. It was incviiable that this would be challenged,
cspeciu I ly when LL stari eel becoming eeomjmieally feasj hie | or
aLtcfiwiive tom panics hj offer similar services.
Signs Uf Trouble
frr (Ire late Sixties, MCI became the Jirsl company to
challenge ihr Hell monnpoly. Slowly the rules were changing.
As I he years passed , more cbm pa ntes appeared and hega n Lo
cry foul Cornu mer services were offered fur ihr first time. As
technology gof bigger, it because obvious thai fuse phone
company simply shouldnât do ir all And one day. the
government agreed,
Uirst Oil, the tut i ionwide nei w< ir k had Lo he d ismaiil led.. So ii
was split into seven parts, none of which arc supposed to he
related to each other ( however, we. suspect they si.il] see each
olI:.li socially). They arc: Paci/iq I e lei is, ITS. West;
Southwestern Bell, Amsritedi, RcUSoni h. Lie'Ll Atlimlio, and
Nyne.s Each of lIilsi; companies lias n fleeL of local operating
companies under its control , in pinch t he sn me way as M a Bell
luil nearly otfof Li re local operatiugiompames. under rawing,
m Era these seven new companies have heen dubbed "Fkrbv
Bells".
Hut 1 he rial ionwidc nclwor k was not comp leteiy eliminated ,
l*-ca use Al AT still ev ists. 1 nsicn-d oi tyi ng together all of 1 be
.oe;d compan ies. A E Jfc I is now just anotlier long dLilanoe
company, with nn connection to any of the Local companies or
ti re uwen regional companies. Of course, having constructed
r-c network In the lirsi place. A TAT Lius tremendous
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i id var. Urges in the longdistance mar km,
Fh.jUjt Access
d'kaily, Lhc emerging long disUmue eompar'iics have to be
protected agiiinst ATAT. su ihat they can liave a fighting
chance, Il A L A r were ty lower its rates, everyone would use
i hem. Lkcfruse of Al A | 'h position, Itâs much easier for t liemio
do ihis. and re-establish a monopoly. This is prevented by' the
divestiture agrccniem, which rcgulains aTAL' more tliar-, the
Oliver: cumpanies. Enu weird way. itâs kind uf like affirmative
nci ion.
A nother way of piowd ing the new companies is to give Ll iem
A|ual access- to tlie network that A'E'ATbailt. What pood is it to
be allowed to compete for tong distance oiitomcrs Lf by the time
fbc customer gelitoyourdi.il tone. :t sounds like itâs on another
planei? hut Lo mention ihe fact that to use your service, the
customer has to use a tor>;h tone phone and key in, a whole lot o f
^^f- 1 ' 1 - numbers lo identify himself, since yOur company isiif
4ible lo identify hLm as sonn as he picks up tire phone, like
A I AT cart, Eh4lM fairness, shouldn't your dial Lone come in as
loud and clear as AT&T's?
The answer Ls of course. JfnL how can litis be accomplished?
There was no easy way, but n had to tm done. And so, âequal
access'â was developed.
L-t Hie early stages, thcmosi tlrut could be done under equal
-access was tn provide a c jear conned ion to an a hernate Long
disUmce service-. In addition, tliL> connection had to be toll-free
s nice qu ite a lew customers were hei ng loft because lIu-v had lo
Pii y lor a pho ne Cii 1 1 to the dia I tmic of the company i chose,
whether or rwit t l K call they were nui king i n the fl r si pW ever
got througli. 1 1 couldnât bean IfdO number liceause ol technical
and administrative reasons, not to mention ihc liict that an
edia area code AlfHJ) would have to fcu dialed.
?su t be b5(1 CKclrange was created .This is an eiteha njnt; which
is nearly the same everywhere in the country, Itdnessr'i really
Caisl in any one place: itâs a Ibccird icaE exchange wiihin local
central offices. Calling 95U plus four digits, which arc different
for L-,ich long d istanue company, connects you with their dial
tone with r.o ringing and with a very dear conned ion. Uor
msuirne, 55D-rt>?3 gets you MCI anywhere in the country,
950-Hlflfi fteis you Skyline, vie. There are still drawbacks,
though. Brim it i vc Locnl companies sornsriimc-s- insist on
cbai gingfof thesccalls, as-dosomc hotels. Then there b also i he
matter nf slill having ll> input your aitthorixnt ion code and
being furred lo use a touch lone phone. Ru i it represents a si a rl
llic next and most significant ilep tciward-. achieving equal
access was to actually make a possi ble tor somebody to pick up
their pi tone and make a long distance call using whatever
company i bey wanted without dialing any exi ra numhem, S.u at
lasL u would be just as s-.ntple to make ji ciili usieg Sprint or
Western Union as i- w JS using AT&T AJE the custotrier had to
lI n was tell Ills local Company (when the time came) which long
d isia nee company he; she wanted .
Tht> is the point where something interesting bergan to
hapticn, I 'hone companies all around the country darted to
real nre i huit the re are a grail number of people who rwilly don t
ear e which Long distance company offers whatâ iliey just want
I n be lefl alone. Some of ( besc folks never ma ke loitg distance
dills in Use rust plaee and oLhers donât lias's ihe time or
inclination to I tv and figure out which company Is
economically ativantageotes to them.
But last yetir a new twist was added, lf yxm donât chonse a
lung dicta ace company. One will be asslgiiei.1 to yon of random!
Jn oLher words, if you close your ears to all of I his divestiture
mfk, you could find yourself subscribing to a company tlyq
Charges a J 15 munlbLy minim nm, which is a )>ii of on affront to
-someone who only makes local calls. Vet, this is what's
(continued an yxrgi* ,T-ÂŁ)
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AT&T Does It Again
Rodent! y. An miLiild :i u uiho : of residential telephone
customers around tlie country have received letters from AT&T
s hii n k iu,g iltcni fm choosing AT AT a:-, [heir primary long
distance carrkT. The problem b (hat 'hose customers never
-circled a carric r, cn i nsicad chore an A ! T competitor. Or.c
leiter wax even sene to an MCI executive.
f lic wave of rnixd ir-rctcd AT&T letters is the latest in a series
oL" similar events that have occurred as AT&T and odicr^irricra
n ggressively attempt 1o sign up ruidomora l h rough ihc
nationwide âequal accessââ program
VG also has had problems, including telling local phone
com pa nics that moie than I .EKW customers had chosen M Cl in
the Boston and New York areas when ihey did nyi And CITE
Sprint was fined 5500, LHXJ for siarting service for residents who
hadn't asked for it.
M canwhile', in a recent Wall Street Journal; N BC Newts poll,
tour nut of every LA Americans say they arc confused by the
choice of lung disia nor. phone ea r riers. Yet mn re than half,
particularly younger customers, like hiring ahle in chbnse.
Nonetheless, most people Continue lo v : cw Hie Pioaknp of
AT&1 as a bad thing.
Five Aliens Hung Up
â â | lawn, Srjs v i n
S ee re L Sorv i ce age nf s a mum need l l-i a 1 1 i of fi <. e
Horn in icon nationals living in Manhattan in a crackdown on
iIIim! long distance telephone calling fraud.
rjie individuals were charged with using illegal electronic
devices known us 'âblue fc'pjt'CS" tn tap into the telephone
network to avoid V:i ng billed fn f long d istanee ea lib. âą I hey were
also charged with placing Calls with stolen personal
itkniificatinn numbers, and credit card calling numbers oL
AT&T, Nc?w York Telephone, MO, 11T, arnl J2 other
companies. sUSilinght least St million in phone calls.
E-ot E5 to 32U, the Suspeds would allow neighbors to call
relatives in South .Amer.ca. 11 convicted of tetetonurr.i niemi i<mv
fraud i n eonneotior, of accessed services, 1 bey face u p 1o 1 5 years
in prison, a S3). 000 tine or twice the amount allegedly taken iti
the scam.
Technology Nabs Hooky Players
r\AteVY I'JLT?-. 1 1 X 'A
Computerized dialers carrying a recorded message from the
principiS of every elementary school in l oms Etiver, New Je rsey
checking on the w'hetdfi bouts of absc m students in the d istrict
will be made within one hour utter School attendance is taken.
L'he 5 Jb.tKMl. system utilizes a computer terminal and
soltware package allowing pervdnne I in coeli of the district A 10
elementary schools to p'ug in absent students' telephone
numbers the computer then auiomaticaliy calls the parents
where ihey, ut a designaigd person, can he reached during the
early morning school honns,
A recording of the principal voice is activated by tlsc
com puce r and a record is kepL ot whet tver or not the m If was
answered.
Tire system lias already caught two âhooky players, "
Home Computer Attacks Fahvell
.Vvcaind 1 1 : .â «
An Atlanta man angered by a television evangelist took it Out
rm the Revei end Jerry Fa 1 well by having his home computer
fiill Mr 1 'llI well's mU-fice phone I me ( HOO'k'BsSOflftj every hi
seconds for eigfil months.
Edward Johnson. wfio stopped ilsc culls in December alter
Southern Etefl threatened m Cut off Ins phone wivroe, said the
calls were intended to hint M r. l-aLwcIlâs fund-raising hy tying
up Hie ptioiic [Not to mention ilse fact tliat FaLwell had 10 pat
fm nil (is these- calls since they were toll-free, wh ich rca lly means
collect!! Nit' indwell luejidv Mora! Major ny
Another Astronomical Phone Bill
he Mutaiua
Et was a routine morning lor Mike Ocejo unLil ha 1 got to his
car dealers if i p a nd found wasting for him a telephone hill - lor
5211,165.27.
âI hey said 1 ealkd places that 3 never even heind ol before.'â
he said, looking in disbelief at the I ,B07cpage hi I' lor calls to
Pa k istaii, M alaysia, France. a nd 1 ndia . among ol Ircr ebunt rvrs.
"I I must leivC Crist litem It fortune |usL to print OUL this hill.â
Oeriosuid. lie had a hint of something bei og wri.inv u few weeks
ago when New Jersey lie II officials asked h im if he was ca lling
Pakistan.
" l canceled aiy telepho ne cred if card immedia lely I figured
somebody found out itiy credit card u unsbe r a as! w;is sui I .i uy, a 1 1
swer the world'.â 1
Dial-A-Pom Update
('â VMmr.ili1h 'i*- C-.i
Carlin Coiâiirnmicaiitsiis, the nationâs largest provider ol
"dialsi'purn" telephonic inessa.jy.'s, said llse cciiiipaiiy will be
forced Out of bats muss il :iew, loug-h FCC regulations Lake'
eSfeei â
The i ides wn-.i Id alLnw d iai-a-por <i oiuvcyo rs to operate only
if i hey accv|ii payment exclusively by ercdil card or require
adult ealle is in iLwta prvi-assiyyied persoiia! ideriiificatibn eode.
Otherwise, dialta purn Operators risk prywevajLinn undci' the
Federal Coonmunical ions Act and potential fines of JCAI a
day.
T h e rn I es would require an expensive Lee h n i c;i I
reconfiguration nf the dial-a-porn industry. Currenlly. dtiil a
pom p rog ra mmc i s use au coma ted a nswe ri n g eo,u Lpmc n l
Credit card billing would recuire the mter-iention of live
o|>eratois, reducing privacy and traffic capacity, and raising
operating costs. The FC'CN only aLltmible alternative, use of
persona L I . D . n u mbc rs. requ i res " i nte ra c t ive " eq u i pmem c
Capable nf reading the aeoes^ code a caller punches ir. on a
touch-tOiKE pliLnf;. Ruch e qiJLpmesi i L>m cost live to ten Linici
the cost for ââpassive" gpai Lypicii lly used with dial-w-ixirn. In
addition, in New York interactivie equipment cannot tie used nn
the telephone company Y special dui hit network.
Phone Booth Wins Again
â *i-. iil !i ji I i'iIa' â
I hite men who stole u lelephune booth front a sei vice sen ion
lot and tried to pu L iL inside a friend 's upsutmeu i a % u pnsci ical
joke were foiled when the booth wouldn't fii 1 b rough live
dooiway, police in Maple Nliade. New Jersey said.
A | vi 1 1 ohiiaii respond ing ra a n anonymous ca II abor.1 three
men trying in carry a phone horah imoanupunmenL. found the
pranksiers replacing the front door.
The ihrec were icleased on 12.000 bail each oiler being
eliargcd with the thel t.
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NOTES FROM YOU
Dear 26W\
A good friend of mine colled MCI to get crc<fu Toi ji hiU
eoniKdion and slutted talking vvith tlx: opcratoi . A1 midnight,
alter a hall an hour (itâs free after all), he hung up with 35 [
credited to his bill, h seems that the operator was- bored, new on
the joh, and grateful for sorocons 10 mlk to.
t use f VTE S pi irit for my long d nuance rails a lid make it a
point torepoil urn anise l>i erossmlfc On the line. (And. as aside
benefit, die call is free). After all, i f t 1 Ley are going to dema ad
equality with AT&T. they had b-lntxly wdl better provide equal
service! 5n a ny ease. after a bnut I ft of these ra lls, 1 be service
operator said (lrat her display showed ihut u majority of my
rails were to XXXXX'XXXXN which is in the same calling
LAI' A . Therefore, yon migln wish to reconsider your choice of
a Inng-d istaoce ra rrier. She continued by saying she was sure
Lhat Sprint's rates were not competitive in this instance.
Si i mi Lit sito when I signed. up the lady told me that I wuuld
save JIG. on ihai exact call. Somebody is Lying somewlicrc! In
shoit, they 1 l ied to tbi ipnn annoyingeustomcT. Since then, they
have also pulled slants like changing my code and not Lelling
me. fl spent two wL-cks getiitig them to admit to that!) I think
lhat I'll stay with (and harass) them for another couple of
months; then, who knows, it could be MLTX turn!
M utC'JLy ,
Ford Prefect
Dmr 2m t
t have a question L have often wo nd tied about. II an alternate
Ji mg dial n nre serv ice must lirst call ; 1st local Mco i o set op a
trace wtiL-ii one oi their I incs is being abused what wi r,i Id be the
caw; a Her business hours'.' I mean, arc tlicsc lines actually
mon itLn ed ?d hours a day V A Iso. 1 have bee a scan nirvg a few
prefixes in rny local aTea for loops. \ have been looking in the
X FA -X X X- IJ^XX a tea A Imosr eveiy loop 1 have seen or read
a bool in files on scanning loops has had 1 hem located in Lliis
aTea. 1 have not had much luck , most have been constant busy
signals or ringing and u few residential*. Where else uiighi I
lock'.'
Arabia
Ltur Arabi
Wk'fl erJtN/Mttj'e.t nr govemnn-nt r tKcncks have a telephone
mittfmn r arrange a trace, stiff mni.tr the team j>i advance. They
tivpiy S iW? TjC 1 i'v ifâ r.rjiVi- yiSuatiry n "If this Code tS tiled. rijtfrt IrXfe
that incoming call, or tfthis number is dialed, /hen trace she ctdt
to ir.r sour re. " ft'i rue all phone systems rat: 24 hours a d#v and
wrist of them run automatically, phones mu Ac monitored 24
hoi try u day. to mtm y eases, it may iv better st> make it call or use
a system during >he da r. when phone traffic is high, Hat then
again, it A strmetimes Niter to exit at night. when less people are
available to notice an vtbing fishy
Your loops may N absent bcvatt.se thee have been rntrved
elsewhere, yon don't recognize them, or you r Central Off fee is
made hy a eompunr other than those you a return i liar v.f/h such
us A morainic FJrcirh â
Dear 26m-.
1 have been listening to the mobile radio -telephone
frequencies on my scanner: 1 was just lisiening to a company
that acquires o-its l-,ke 1 ''erraris for live very Tich. These channels
were used hL-fiire cellular, by the rich, since onlv ihcy could
aiiond them (scarcity ra ises pneesly in Los A ngeltw . i hoy ate still
used hy people with lois of money. There ore certain tone
sequences used to control signaling. I was looking i hrotigh the
liilcsL issue of Papular Communications Magazine, and 1
noticed an ad fnun a company selling VHP-' prdgrammabLc
transceivers for Ihese cover mobile rad io-lclephone
channels us w^|| v,s things Like E. os Angeles Police lacLieal One
dispatch trequcncy. Has anyhoety honked op tone generation
equipment to a programmable VHF transceiver and made.fiee
, cal Is? 1 1 serins i hii i i here would lse no problem doing th is.
Iâm an electrical engineering student at i|»e University of
Southern Californio I jusl broke into the IBM mainframe the
administration iov:-. for grades and sLuff. We have ibese new
7, enith-29 ter niina Is on campus, honked up to M iero-60D port
LW
^e l e ctor that connect all tiu 1 DLL' and IBM mainfnirpes to I he
TTV lines, I t look me a while to ligurc this nut, bm, 1 tuwi 1o set
up i he terminal parity 1o SPACE. The Lcrmipals are in V ['100
â emulation: lo get into the grades system, 1 simply dsd the
following: 1JSC-CCC M iern^OO f'on Selector. Which system?
AD,(CR). ENTER TF.R'VltN ALTYEli: VI LOO, (CR)'
This works dtiring normal busiuess hours near lunch tune or
quilting lime. The legil users often don't use a prri|V:r logout
command, but just turn I heir to rrn in a la off. About ]l>?i : of H>C
time, you can conneet onto flieir jobs this way. 'flic Iftfvf makes
a mistake and thinks that tin;: line from one of Lhc student
terminal rooms is the legit Liiio. t!?ne lime, they were raiining
do nat io.a records fn r people li ko uLomm. aud we lookciJ up t ke
umiversity pieodenth dona lions, this method will probably
woi k with innsi 111 VI mainframes running die \-lVS operating
system, i be outs. „ ou can aLso get in by modem around noon
or Li pm foi best results using B-hit word I stop bil .and no
ixjriiy. A cpiesiLijn mark at the tci'minal prutPpl will list valid
types.
The < 'reatune
Dear
On flic even ing of X o'-ember 1 6, 1DH5, the I mnie of Cremiiu,
a user of Demented l.luLa Systenis, was raxietl by 2 police
nffimns.und two members of the Man itoba Telephone System
(\TIS) Security Gestapo. They proceeded lo take all his
equipment, all his floppy disks, and all hti printouts. To dale,
Ins equipment has mi: ton returned He was charged with
"T hett oi 1'elceommuiiicaiLOns Over E^OO." Apparently, poor
CremL in was using a ph neak ing program lie had w ritten on h is
Atari 800 to make appmxinwioly SJSO in tree long distanei-
I one rails. MTh had a tap on Grerrtli n's feme line l or over one
month, and was keeping tabs on how much money he didn„
spend. W lien his total come to well over 5>2(ifi, tlvc M T ft Cn,:si a po
and the Winuijx-g Polke Department made their move,
Theft oveT IjlOCi is a felony, theft under S2UO is a
misdemeanor. L Lmve openly accused MTS of entrapment and
SLil l stand ud-Nmanl m opinion of what really went on.
Fur insm nee , if the poliee uneover a plan i n rn.order the Prime
Minister, do tfiey Let the eonspiratois carry out their plans, so
they can gel ihern on a full murder charge, instead of lust a
cons piracy rJm i ge': Nol l hey nah the criminals . before the act is
carried -nut
1 1 I he V]' | S gave G reml in n w,i ni iug as soon as lie was
delected making the fraudulent rails, this mess would never
have happened. The M IX big- wigs wonted to make big
headlines by nailing^ phreaker. 1 'hiswos supposed 10 scare oil
the rema ining phres ks enough so they refrain from I heir hobby.
31 didn't.
Since this, M I S had admitted to lettmg poorGierolin get a
he fly lone bill before sacking him. He must pav hack die tone
company for the S35C1, and should he fretting kick his
equipment soon.
l hc E3ad News: since tnid November, the Demented Data
Systems (DDS) BBS jms been constantly waictaxt by M IS
Flunkies, MTXadn'ils that nathlng on (.lie hoard is truly illegal,
much like the Private Sector, but would like to keep tu bs on ;1lc
boa i d . Tlkey ra used a big hassle when it wus discovered tliaL
DDFi I /as the entire inner workings of the VI] S Envoy 1 00
muilipg system iibdoUiilonlhe boaiti. 1 have offered man v limes
to give them FREE., FULL SYSTEM ACCESS, with no
resuhs.
Anyhow, thatâs linw it is tip here.
lhc Cntb. Canada
Dear Riders:
TSw Crab ttistt sent ati article from a fat-al paper ih/n
described the bit xt It mentioned another perron who was
arretted for making H5fs in rads it also mentioned an
uni Itu ground program vailed '"Silver Helix" which sends J'dOfi
â G'i'i'- and its presumably a blue box program.
Demented I2ata System:/ etui he reached at 2b4bJ2529? at
.âft) u'ii7 ihâi'.'i) baud, and is free for iony distance callers.
The 2600 Information. Bureau
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TEXAS INSTRUMENT 99/4 {A) j COMMODORE 64:
FROM BASIC:
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SOUND (IOO, 130Q,0, 1500,0)
SOUND < 1 00,700,0, 900,0)
SOUND i 1 00, 700,0, 1100,0)
SOUND ( 1 00,900,0, 1100,0 >
SOUND < 1 00,700,0, 1300,0)
SOUND (100,900,0, 1300,0)
BOUND (100, 1100,0,1300,0}
SOUND (100,700,0, 1500,0)
BOUND U 00, 900,0, 1500,0)
SOUND (100, 1100,0, 1500, 0)
SOUND (1O0, 1100,0, 1700,0)
SOUND CiOO, 1300,0, 1700,0)
SOUND f TOO, 700, 0,1700, 0)
SOUND (100,900,0, 1700, 0>
SOUND ( 100, 1500,0, 1700, 0)
2600 {ISSN 0749-3851)
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Twenty Six Hijrid'iji.l
Associaito Editors
Eric Corley
Deiv'iCJ HyderWIan
Exaeuiivt.: Dtrgct-or
H*lHrl Victory
SE1S Operator
Tom Glich
Writers: Paul Efti*.âą. Mr. French, Emniarucl Goldsmin The
Km â â< Company, Lurd Phraaker, Mi let; Sukarno, The Shadow.
Silen; Switchâą n, and (ho usual anonymous bunch.
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5 S -54272
6 DIM B (7) , A (7)
10 FDR LB=S TO S+24: POKE LS, 04 NEXT
20 POKE S-h5,64;PDKE B+6, 100
25 POKE 5+-12, 64: POKE S+13,100
30 POKE S+24, 15
40 FOR T=1 TO 7
50 READ A(T>,3(T)
60 NEXT T
70 PRINT ''USE 1-0 FOR DIGITS 1-0"
SO PRINT M U5E K FOR KP : USE S FOR ST"
SB PRINT "USE -t- FOR 11 i UEE - FOR 12'-
90 PRINT âUSE L FOR KP2 1 "
95 PRINT "PRESS SPACE BAR FOR 2600 HI"
100 PRINT "PRESS THE APPROPRIATE KEY AND
THE TONE WILL BE EMITTED FROM THE TV"
HO BET At? IF At= ,,Jh THEN HO
120
IF
A*w"S''
THEN
T-5iU-6
125
IF
At="L"
THEN
T^4?U-6
130
IF
A*="Kâ
THEN
T-3: U=6
140
If
At= ,, + "
THEN
T* ± 2: U=6
150
IF
At^"-"
THEN
T=1:U=6
152
IF
At = " I "
THEN
T-lsU-2
154
IF
A*Âź "2"
THEN
T=l:U-3
156
IF
At-" 3"
THEN
T-2 i U=3
15B
IF
At- "4"
THEN
T- 1 i U=4
160
IF
At^"^ 1
THEN
T-2 1 Uâ4
162
SE-
At="6' 1
THEN
T-3 : U=4
163
IF
A*= ,3 7''
THEN
Tâ 1 : Uâ 5
164
IF
At- "6"
THEN
T=2:U-5
166
IF
A*- 'â9"
THEN
T-3:U-5
16G
IF
A*-'â0 ,h
THEN
Tâ 4? Uâ 5
169
IF
At- 1 11 "
THEN
T-7t U-7
170 POKE S+l , A (T) l POKE S,B(U>
173 POKE S+B, A (T) t PONE 5+7, B(U)
100 POKE S-i-4, 1 7* POKE S+11,17
190 GET Ztx IF THEN .190
200 POKE S-I-4, 16: POKE S+U , 16
210 GOTO 110
500 DATA 44,0,57,0, 70 , 0 , 93 , 0 , 96 , 0 , 1 OB ,
0,16-6,0
510 REM THE ABOVE DATA STATEMENT MAY
HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED TO GET
THE EXACT TONE,
3-5
ATARI i
1 POKE 82,OiFDKE 755,0
? Ctp-FW At A O "ki"
50 PRINT âATARI BLUE BOX PROGRAM
51 PRINT "0-9 * HP 0-9â
52 PRINT âK-KEYPIJLSE"
53 PRINT H S = STARTâD
54 PRINT âSPACE BAR - 2600 HZ aN/OFF"
55 PRINT âYou must press the ap^ce bar twice' 1
56 PRINT âfpr the program to work correctly*'*
60 REM
140 DIM N*C1I
144 GET #I,N
143 N*" ,Mh
146 LET N**CHR*(m t7 N*j â âj
150 IF N9=" â THEN 7 â2600Hz H ;iGDSiJB 290
160 FDR LDDP=I TO LENIN*)
170 IF LEN(N*>=0 THEN G0TU 300
1 90 CHAR-=ASC f N* i LOOP , LOOP 1 ) -ASC ( »' 0 â > * TRAP 200 i
RESTORE 36O+CHAR*lOiQOT0 220
200 IF N* < LOOP, LOOP) â 1, K M THEN RESTORE 460: GOTO 220
210 IF N* (LOOP, LOOP) = Ht S H THEN RESTORE 470 x GOTO 220
215 CLRi GOTO 60
220 READ Pi, B , C, D
230 POKE 53760, At POKE 53762, Bl POKE 53764, CxPDKE 53766, D
240 POKE 53767, 160: POKE 33763,160
250 FOR A-l TD 15: NEXT A
260 POKE 53767, 160: POKE 33763,160
270 NEXT LOOP
280 CLR: GOTO 60
290 SOUND 0, 0, 0, Of POKE 3376S, 120
300 POKE 33760,01 i POKE 33762,1: POKE 537*4,0* POKE 33766 , 0
310 POKE 53767, 160: POKE 33763, 16S
320 GET #1,N:IF N< >32 THEN 32Q
330 POKE 53767, 160: POKE 53763,160
340 N4=â "
330 RETURN
360 DATA 163,2,00,2
370 DATA 240,4,210,3
3 SO DATA 240,4,40,3
390 DATA 210,3,40,3
400 DATA 240,4,165,2
410 DATA 210,3,165,2
420 DATA 40,3,163,2
430 DATA 240,4,00,2
440 DATA 210, 3, SO, 2
430 DATA 40,3,80,2
460 DATA 40,3,3,2
470 DATA GO, 2, S,2
4B0 FOR A=1 TD 700: NEXT A
490 NEXT LOOP
300 CLftr GOTO 60
510 REM â BY! DEVIOUS XEVIGUS
Programs sent in by Ford Prefect, thanks,
3-6
SVSTEMflTJCfMV SPEAKING
New Payphones Confuse Callers
'A J I Vs.' J-uii.
1 elcphoncs. i hut read c rcali i ciards n ni v be Lhc wave nt ihe
lu[unc. Em you wouldirt know It from watching enlleis ai to
C i Liti i lI in Ai rporl lor iwo luii its recently.
Wh ifc ddirens of eal Ic rx d ial on conventional fete phones. only
people appmaeh t!ia: [isi! ca Td-rcad iny |?h(jTw;s nearby. i'wn
bk-iuoc ai the kngt |iy instructions mil walk nj'J m obvious
Aisjiu rt. I âout (si In i s . buxi nusKirj^^i with AT&T credit ca rd^, itw:
âąhe leicphoncs Inn punch in llrcir acsHuu-.i numbers manunllv
mtlier LItu.it usm^ihuir magnetically endod MiT-ds tor uuiomai ic
I LV-nnJ I n.e,.
I he p ro" It in seems in aii nr oil tlie design of the new pbone
machines: Unlike most automated -tuber machines used be
tanks where a moJ-or-d riven device whisks the card away find
ihen return* it to Ihe cuxrsmicr the phone machi ires require
the customer to posit in u Hie coldâs magneiie strip correcLly,
xlnlc i he card manually ih rough the slot, and Llren remove it.
TIic procedure seems ;o intimidate customers ââPeople drin 1 !
inuiijicl with lhc itiagneiic si rip on their credit «inJs in daily
u^b:C." one expert si id
W hits the ca rd shon Id be inserted length '.vise ;i lung the edge
iWitrest lhc magnetic strip, ââeveryone i r its m put it endways,'â
suys Roy Rui/, a product manager for Rod l ie Bell, which fiist
installed credit-cord phones in 1^X4. ] or the Him month, he
says, l - 1 1 ' J v inserted the wrong way woukl gL-i lost ]n the
ziTuc hi ne . o nd ;l metal to i r icr Had 1 0 be i nsLal led Irehind i be slot
to keep | he cords from heipg inserted too tar. Fhu ha hits yet ro
devise's w-,iv to prevent callers' from putting coins in the credit
card slot .
Security Software
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American Tclemunagcmenr Corporation is nusi kcling
computer software aimed in preventing LliefL of service from
long rflslamre companies by people using stolen cedes,
]'he company's software, colled Network Security
Management , combats 1 belt by dcreeiing when codes a re being
stolen and monitoring the use of cedes to immediately idea l ift
excess ive lifts Three carriers have already pure based licenses to
use the program: N FtR Skyline. I cl tec Ravings
Communications, and Mieruiel Several others are 'testing the
program.
Your Own Private Centrex
âąWV. C P-.K,
Pnci He belt is offering new service on ISci I " Premiere' 1 wIil i l
wi i h a touch-tone phone one can mo ke an emits/ ia.g amount of
sei vices available in your own home â enough services- so that
vou could impress your friends by idling them Hint yon have
your own private switching system. With Premiere vouch ana It
any otlie r I me wit h im your home bv pu-shi ng two toncsi yu u can
make any phone a multi-tine phone and answer any line in any
room; yon Cost transfer calls within a home front one line to
another:, voti get call hold, .l -way calling, colt forwarding; you
get something called u Lie mate answering, where one line wdl
ung if Lhe cn kc is busy; yon can si ore up to 30 nu mber* that you
can call up by hitting 2 turner distinctive ringing, where cisternal
f outside [lie home) and internal rings will aetuaLly sound
different 3 hese services are available for ÂŁ1 .50 1 o J S per month
P"r ouch service vein request, so tliis adds jp tu qeiic hii nf
money for i he I ull sei vices I he on ly req ai i crn'c n't is a I A : !SS .
New VAX Announced
4 i â la VX S.âiL âąâ ihiT !â ,
he Digiitil Lutupment Corporation, the wnrldA wcusti-
brjjesi computer maker, anr.btmced a ncv. mp dl-thc-ime
s-upcmiini computer capable of processing b'ctwre-'n siv and
sever, n ri I lion ins't rue lions ;x:r set tmd.
flic riev. machine, eallccl a VAX hf?50. wa- de-vritod bi
[>igii;dl officials as the com |-o ny\ fiisL eMcnsion of the VAX
brtXi line lie runs abdin 44 perceni facie: md will have
an i nicfiiii I memoty then : ,s twice as b,z.. nbian fvh megabytesâ.
f>P-C is also iiifrOduei ug u 3âf.' eompaLibSc that will he idvo
COmpat ibk w itli D F.f "s H m nbow- 3 A '
Cray Maneuvers
MriHiT.'iln r. Vn-fc
A [.t I I tell Luhs has sold a u figiug Cray-] suixincdniputer in
older in P 11 reluise a sleek , new Cr u.v X VI i J 24 su pcnCOmpti tec.
E'lic new sycicm 15 valued at about million Olid wilt b;
installed carty this year. An A. f ,V I |.lcll Labs s[>ok-esm;m said
rJ"': unit wilt be the company b only Cray compurer. Me Mid Lhe
X M 1 1 âą 14 wi II be used u i M ureay Hill in A r (S I microprocessor
chip developnictd and in Unix, opetating svstem iTcseureh and
dcveLopnicsii,
Overcharge Hunters Needed
â XVMUird I'Vm
New jobs arc opening up for individuals who can fcrrel out
overelLaigcs in phone hills rbul cun oicocd hundreds of
ihousa ihIs ol dollars. "EiV. hasiciillya record keeping failure. â
line yf 1 be delect ives, ,hi nws Lki I . liasi Coan munage r l or Sen \ \
Communications Co. said of the telephone errom. With sy
nmmy levels of icluphonc bureaucracy to go tltion^li before a
customerâs order is carried out, rtic reipjcsL somerimcs i> not
I mnsraitled aecurulcLy .
Rsimc ol the consul la nts La ke 5fi pe i tent ut die ovei elvi i gts
Urey find. Suc)i in Ve-si igators have spent months lookint. nve:
b-ills tor iarge conipimie& and riinnii ipalilies. Rom I Oiernow
Communieaiiorj Services tnc saved New Jersey's Lsses
County S2lbdK.K) Idr L ie telephone systcin in their couiu
CLnnpleX; Cbeuow recalled a case in wtiidr a New Yoik
company moved In New Jersey and paid ;i w-called mileagv
eharpe for keeping its u3d numtof. lint the company still was
being billed lor a swiicti board ibaL no li.itig.er existed, r iic
Iclephyire tompetny wanted losend an employee tc> verify lliru
ilic r:q tiipmeni was nnt ihere. but the hwilding had been
repriced with a pa rk ing loi ,
Phone Service Via Radio Shack
C>tinwi'.n« - ffl Wixfc
Rndm Rfiauk iuis sigpoiJ an agreement with Nevada Dell to
mu a tcsL program that alleaw customers to sign up for
immediate telephone scivior ai Rudio Sliaek siures in the
Reno,' Spark sareii of Nevada. The OOuperati vc pr (Tgtflir'i allows
customers to buy a phone from Radio Shack, open ,m account
with Nevada UelE and receive a phone number on the spot.
The stores are connected loNevadu Bell via hoi lines, and the
prngMcn is m operation a ny f ime the store-, a re open, not just
normil busincstt hours
3-7
DIVESTITURE
(eoutiniwd, [torn page
currently being dcui.e,
Jt>i true you will be witting more ihitn one durek when ic
eonuw time to pay .hr phone MIL, Many long distance
companies Hill don 1 ! gu through your \oail phone cornponyâs
billing office lit.;; AT& I used to (and still doesh so they must
bil l you separately. Then, you could choose to make some calls
ivith o ne long disla nee company ami others with another. 1 hen
again, you could make calls using Visa or American Fs.pres's
and get lulled that way. There are so many diffmtnl wavs to
make a u-lephone call tlicse da vs. so naturally there will he at
least as many ways to ho hil led . Y ou could also wind up paying
AT&T for equipment rental, if you're wary of Owning your own
phone equipment. So thatâs unGLher checl; to write."
J'hcn there sue pay phones,, which are Slatting to he
deregulated. You may see two totally dlfferem phones chat
charge totally difJercnl raies l.o cull the same place, I his will be
confusing io most people, because they were rie-veT trained In
ihiak about the plumes they use. Kut for phune pbreaks, this
represents more ways to have lun.
What The Future I folds
In theory, what we base today is the beginning of total
equality. Unfortunately, icX also total mayhem, but llvil will
undoubtedly deai tip in time, as everyone slowly gets used to
du: new system. Many mistakes are heing made and ilY fun m
iud them. Skyline has a page in chdi bill that says, '"Retain for
your records,â' in much the same fashion its other telephone
hills. The difference here is that there is no inlonsiLicionon (his
page at nil except your in me and the month of the fell. The
aninium owed appears on another page. Why would someone
want to retain ihis usel^s data? Then tl sc re's U.S, Lei, wlio
supposed ly f as a new ere (I it card system â -you dill ji number,
then enter yuuieiedh card number, which is isomm hing hke 14
digits long. M iraculoLisly enough . we Ye been toSdjhny series of
numlicrs at all allows the call io go thrnughl
Km mistakes arenât the only Lhmg welt he seeing, bincc Sell
1 4i hi is now able to. compete openly, wel I sec a great ream l>::r yf
die projects they've been wort ing on secretly lor Ma fteU. I his
will be of great benefit Io us. At I he same time, it may get a Jot
harder tor authorities and spier tn Insep tubs on certain people,
since thereâs nn longer a guarantee that a person will use a
certain phone or even a certain network Diversity is good for
Use individual
All ol this ls. only i he beginning. Many more chants a re on
the horizon ,i-id technological cmhosuists will have ouile a
ejme. Foi the average person who doesn't care, i hi ngs may be
unplca sfml , especially if ihe explanations arenY as plentiful as
the chants. Hopefully l bitagh, Lhesc folks wil I be comforted by
the km iwicdge thai iiâ* nil fair
Advertise i n269Q\
Reach over 1,000 selective
readers â hackers , security
analysts, corporate spies,
private consultants, and
people who are just
interested in what s
going on .
CaiL 516-751-2600 for iofo. ^
Private Sector
{wntauttf} 'from page J-l }
succeeded in getting the prosecutors to reveal ihcir true
knowledge ol' the mutter in from of the entire world. And we
'convinced the American Civil Liberties Union to lake up tltc
eay; of 1 he Private Sector. We eyprecl them to Ire involved in
similar eases in tire future. Slowly but surely, weâre getting
through to people.
We hope to see t Ini;, kind of thing stop once and fo r all I oo
many innocent jtcople have ahtsfidy been victimised by ihcse
itt Ic-puMieipuJ gestapa tactics Sensitive equipment has been
damaged by rare less law enforcement agents, Va luable time has
been Jest. voices have !.**⥠silenced, ami peopled lives have
been adversely affected. Flense, foils, wake up those ardUTsd
you wom /"J hath our brightest hope.
We apologia about having ^ devote yci another an icte to
this distressing subject, flnlil we see some basic changes in
attitude and evidence of real protect ion foi all of us. we must
continue to speak out. Wc hope vou do tire same, m whenever
ways possible.
ft
flood Mews
I lie good rie wa is lhat at Iasi the Private Sector is returning
At press time, the estimate for havi ng the board up ;i nd runn ing
is --ontetime in February. {Extra time is needed to look for any
damage and also to wre if any 'âback doomâ have been installed
while we wcrenY looking.} I he number for the P i v,iic Sector is
Jill 3 j01 | .
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