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- John "Captain Crunch" Draper three time
- convicted phone phreak (fraud by wire)
- discovered what may be the ultimate
- phone tapping method.
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- "I knew the phone company utilized an
- automatic verification in many areas,
- this allowed the operators to go across
- (listen in) on any line in there area
- to see if it was in use or out of
- service. There was a short time limit
- which automatically disconnected the
- operator after using this procedure.
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- Some years ago i figured out how to
- access the auto-verify system with a
- blue box, bypassing the humane
- operator. This was possible because the
- phone company had installed a common
- verify trunk through a number of local
- toll centers.
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- I discovered i could acces this trunk
- by dialing a seven digit number and
- then a three digit access code (with
- the blue box). This would connect me to
- any phone line for as long as i choose
- to stay on the wire. This same
- procedure was used by Telco to verify
- for conversation and " check for
- trouble on the line" a euphemism for
- lisening in on an interesting line.
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- The implications of this were
- staggering. I listened to the local
- FBI'S private lines, the local ATTORNEY
- GENERAL, the local CIA, and even phone
- company SECURITY AGENTS. Afer a while
- the auto verify system would only
- connect to each line for a short while,
- but i could overide this problem by
- shoving a 2600hz tone down the line".
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- John was eventualy busted by FBI agents
- tapping his phone, who were well,
- surprised to here THEIR OWN
- CONVERSATIONS ON JOHNS LINE ! They came
- through the door at 2:00 am one morning
- to have a little chat with John about
- his unusual talent....
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- What did they talk about on there
- "secure private lines" "mostly there
- golf games and there wives" was Johns
- comments to a local newspaper.
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- The auto verify concept has since been
- phased out in most areas, but the idea
- of the phone company installing an
- automatic tap for any line in there
- system, from any phone in their
- system,is a startling one
- indeed........
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