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- [__RemObS_________________________] by the Jolly Roger
-
- Some of you may have heard of devices called Remobs which stands
- for Remote Observation System. These Devices allow supposedly
- authorized telephone employees to dial into them from anywhere, and
- then using an ordinary touch tone fone, tap into a customer's line
- in a special receive only mode. [The mouthpiece circuit is
- deactivated, allowing totally silent observation from any
- fone in the world (Wire tapping without a court order is against
- the law)]
-
- [__How Remobs Work______________]
- Dial the number of a Remob unit. Bell is rumored to put them in the
- 555 information exchanges, oron special access trunks
- [Unreachable except via blue box]. A tone will then be heard
- for approximately 2 seconds and then silence. You must key in
- (In DTMF) a 2 to 5 digit access code while holding each digit down
- at least 1 second. If the code is not entered within 5 or 6 seconds,
- the Remob will release and must be dialed again. If the code is
- supposedly another tone will be heard. A seven digit subscriber
- fone number can then be entered [The Remob can only handle certain
- 'exchanges' which are prewired, so usually one machine cannot
- monitor an entire NPA]. The Remob will then connect to the
- subscribers line. The listener will hear the low level idle tone
- as long as the monitored party is on hook. As the monitored party
- dials [rotary or DTMF], the listener would hear [And Record]
- the number being dialed. Then the ENTIRE conversation, datalink,
- whatever is taking place, all without detection. There is no
- current box which can detect Remob observation, since it is being done
- with the telephone equipment that makes the connection. When the
- listener is finished monitoring of that particular customer, he keys
- the last digit of the access code to disconnects him from the
- monitored line and return to the tone so that he can key in another
- 7 digit fone #. When the listener is totally finished with the Remob,
- he keys a single 'disconnect digit' which disconnects him from the
- Remob so that the device can reset and be ready for another caller.
-
- [_History of Remobs_______________]
- Bell has kept the existance of Remobs very low key. Only in
- 1974, Bell acknowledged that Remobs existed. The device was
- first made public during hearings on "Telephone Monitoring Practices
- by Federal Agencies" before a subcommittee on government
- operations. House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, June
- 1974.
- It has since been stated by Bell that the Remob devices
- are used exclusively for monitoring Bell employees such as operators,
- information operators, etc., to keep tabs on their performance.
- [Suuureee, were stupid]
-
- [__Possible Uses for Remobs__]
- The possible uses of Remobs are almost as endless as the uses
- of self created fone line. Imagine the ability to monitor bank lines
- etc, just off the top of my head I can think of these applications:
-
- Data Monitoring of:
- TRW
- National Credit Bureau
- AT&T Cosmos
- Bank Institutions
- Compuserve and other Networks.
- Voice Monitoring of:
- Bank Institutions
- Mail Order buisnesses.
- Bell Telephone themselves.
- Any place handling sensitive or important information.
- Anyone that you may not like.
-
- With just one Remob, someone could get hundreds of credit cards,
- find out who was on vacation, get compuserve passwords by the dozens,
- disconnect peoples fones, do credit checks, find out about anything
- that they may want to find out about. Im sure you brilliant
- can see the value of a telephone hobbiest and a telecommunications
- enthusist getting his hands on a few choice Remobs. <Grin>
-
- [_Caution________________________]
- If any reader should discover a Remob during his (or her) scanning
- excursions, please keep in mind the very strict federal laws
- regarding wiretapping and unauthorized use of private Bell property.
-
- ------------------Jolly Roger
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