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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 THEIR 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 THE PROCEDURE.
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- SOME YEARS AGO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO ACCESS THE AUTO-VERIFY SYSTEM
- WITH A BLUE BOX, BYPASSING THE HUMAN 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 ACCESS 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 LISTENING 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. AFTER A WHILE THE
- AUTO VERIFY SYSTEM WOULD ONLY CONNECT TO EACH LINE FOR A SHORT
- WHILE, BUT I COULD OVERRIDE THIS PROBLEM BY SHOVING A 2600 HZ
- TONE DOWN THE LINE."
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- JOHN WAS EVENTUALLY BUSTED BY FBI AGENTS TAPPING HIS PHONE, WHO
- WERE WELL, SURPRISED TO HEAR THEIR OWN CONVERSATIONS ON JOHN'S
- 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 THEIR "SECURE PRIVATE LINES"?
- "MOSTLY THEIR GOLF GAMES AND THEIR WIVES" WAS JOHN'S COMMENT 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 THEIR SYSTEM, FROM ANY PHONE IN THEIR SYSTEM, IS A
- STARTLING ONE INDEED...
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