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-
- Originally Printed in:
- CYBERTEK
- The Cyberpunk Technical Journal Issue #4, November/December 1990
- P.O. Box 64, Brewster, NY
- 10509
- Send $2.50 for sample or ask for details.
-
- Call The Manta's Lair
- 206/361-5742 Sysop: The Black Manta
-
- This Phile Typed by: Havok Halcyon, Chief Magistrate of the City
- of Sanctuary
-
- I've added in an occasional hint or two in parenthesis to help some of the
- more uneducated phreaks understand some of the terms and whatever.
-
- Those help phones in ATM Machine lobbies can be very useful if you
- have to make an emergency phone call. They work on one of two different
- ways. The first (and best for us) type is the kind that you pick up the
- phone and press a button; which activates an autodialer that calls customer
- service. This one generally looks like a regular traditional style wall
- phone without a dial and a push button somewhere near the phone instructing
- you to press it to get customer service. The second type can either be a
- phone, or is sometimes just a handset set into a mounting on the counter
- which tells you to pick it up for assistance. There are variations in
- appearance with the two types, but the button is the giveaway.
-
- What you can do with the first type is pick up the phone and not push
- the button. You should just get a dialtone like in most regular phone
- lines, and you can dial out to anywhere by flashing the switchhook, or if
- the line has touchtone service, by using a portable touchtone dialer
- available at RADIO SHIT (er..I mean Radio Shack. Also, if you do not know
- how to "flash" a switchhook, consult BIOC Agent 003's Tutorials or your
- local phreak or phreak oriented BBS.) for $19.95. Some of these phones are
- hooked up to the bank's PBX (Private Branch Exchange), in which case you'll
- have to dial the extension for an outside line, in most places this is
- usually a "9", "99" or something similar. You can sometimes find out if
- it's on a PBX by listening to the tones coming out of the autodialer. If
- it puts out more than 10 digits (tones), or puts out a couple digits and
- pauses before dialing the rest, then it's on a PBX. Of course some
- autodialers mute the touch tones so you can't hear them.
-
- With the second type you can call customer service, and either ask
- some stupid question, or say "Sorry, wrong number". When the nice lady
- hangs up in MOST cases you will get a dialtone and then you can dial out.
- (A lot like when you use a diverter). However if the phone line does not
- have touch tone, you are outta luck; as the autodialer is activated by
- picking up the phone, the flashing of the switchhook will false start the
- autodialer. So, if you can't use your TT(touch tone) pad, your outta luck.
-
- Getting into ATM lobbies is pretty easy. They use magnetic strip card
- access. An ATM card obviously works, as well as credit cards, calling
- cards, and anything else with a magnetic strip on the back. The bolts on
- the door are often exposed and can be jimmied open. Some of the locking
- mechanisms don't even work.
-
- There are a few things that you have to worry about. The first is
- that someone might notice you staying on the phone for an extended period
- of time, and get suspicious (This is not a BIG risk because most people
- could really care less what you are doing, EXCEPT for those fucking goodie-
- two-shoe bitches which want to make a Citizen's Arrest so that they can get
- in good with your local PTA). The second is that you run the risk of being
- recorded when you are in the lobby. Most ATM lobbies have cameras in them.
- Usually the camera is located in the ATM, and only goes on when a
- transaction in being made, but some places have 24 hour surveillance
- systems. These are usually externally mounted, and quite visible. If you
- see a camera in the lobby, don't mess around in there. The other
- possibility is that the phone itself could be BUGGED by the bank.
- According to law they are supposed to inform you with a beep every ten
- seconds, but no one does that anyway (NOTE: The Gestapo [Ma Bell] is
- supposed to notify you in the same way if they were bugging you at your
- home phone, but they will usually say something like "I was checking the
- line to see if everything was ok, and OVERHEARD some criminal dealings".
- This is a common way to catch people on the phone, so be careful what you
- say on public telephone lines.) You could do a quick look around to see if
- you can find anything on the line. If you don't see anything "funny", and
- can trace all the wiring, then you are probably safe. All in all, your
- best and safest bet is to use an ATM located away from a bank, and one
- where you can see the wiring coming from the outside to the phone. Even
- then, call only people who'll forget you called right after you hang up.
-
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