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- The text comes from a data file written by and for IC members.
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- HACK YOUR OWN CODES.
-
- Don't leech from someone else. Having codes is like having sex,
- if you don't protect yourself you'll end up with a venereal
- disease. You have no idea where a code has been before you got
- your hands on it, when it was hacked or how long it's been in
- circulation. Time is a very important factor, the longer a code
- has been in use, the greater the risk.
-
- DON'T STAY ON A CODE MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
-
- Don't give the suckers an even break. To run a trace, MCI needs
- to shuffle a lot of papers. Ain't that nice. Paper work takes
- time, and it's highly unlikely they could accomplish the feat in
- three days. It's even more unlikely they would even know
- they've been phreaked for at least a week. All company's have
- thirty day billing cycles, if you started using the code the day
- after the bills went out, you'd have twenty nine days left to
- play with it. The customer gets his billing and bitches up a
- storm. The company now has the option of setting up a trap, but
- alas, they notice you haven't used the code in three weeks and
- have no destination number to PIN. If you phreaked the code one
- day before the billing cycle ends, the customer may notice
- right away. Figure you have two days for it to reach the
- customer. If he yells right away it takes a few more days for
- the security department to process the paperwork for the trace.
- By that time you're long gone.
-
- DON'T STAY ON A NODE MORE THAN THREE DAYS.
-
- If you insist on burning the same company, you're going to
- develop a pattern. You call your girl friend in Alaska every
- damned day using the same company. It doesn't take a genius to
- predict what you're going to do tomorrow. They know where you
- enter their system and where you're going to. You've given them
- everything they need to run a good trace. Spread the wealth a
- little. Use US Telecom, then ITT, Lexitel, Skyline, Metro and a
- few of the 800's if you like. Spread it out. These people have
- no way of comparing. So you can screw Peter, Paul and the rest
- of the Apostles with no worry. Just don't be a dip stick and get lazy.
-
- Everyone is worried about THE TRACE. Don't be. It's no big deal
- for AT&T, after all it is their network, but for the leech
- services it's an entirely different matter. This is why we don't
- mess around with AT&T except through secondary accesses like
- PBX's or Diverters. This is the scenario MCI's security
- department will run down. They call up a number you've
- called.......
-
- "Hello, this is Inspector Bullshit with MCI. Did you receive a
- phone call from the 212 area code on November 22, 1945 at 4:00
- A. M.? "
-
- "You didn't?"
-
- "We've traced fourteen calls to this number in the last
- two weeks, by the way, who am I speaking with?"
-
- "Well Mrs. Blabbermouth, perhaps someone else in your household
- received the calls? "
-
- "I see, your daughter has a boyfriend in New York.
-
- "I'm afraid he's in some serious trouble Mrs. B. If
- you'll cooperate with me we won't pursue this matter with your
- daughter."
-
- "That's correct, little Susie Blabbermouth won't be involved. It
- would be a shame to cause you folks trouble, after all she
- didn't actually make the calls.""
-
- All I need is the boy's name and phone number."
-
- "Let me see if I have that right."Jimmy Phreaker at
- 212-555-1212?"
-
- "Thank you Mrs. B you've been very helpful."
-
- The point is, if Bullshit had really run traces he wouldn't be
- calling to con the information. The exchange is typical of those
- used by most phone companys and illustrate several important
- issues.
-
- Make sure the person you're calling is cool and there's no
- chance someone else could rat on you. It is very unlikely MCI
- will make such a call if you use the IC's Rules of Phreaking.
- Yet, if it were to occur these are your friend's options...
- 1. HANGUP
- 2. "FUCK YOU"...THEN HANG UP
- 3. "I WAS WATCHING MIAMI VICE AND YOU INTERRUPT ME WITH
- THIS CRAP. FUCK YOU"....HANG UP.
- 4. If you want to be nice about it; "I don't know what you're
- talking about.....HANG UP.
-
- The problem is now resolved. Remember these guys are like
- rabid dogs in heat, they're excellent con artists. Believe
- nothing you hear. You don't have to talk to them. If they had
- anything on you they'd be standing at your door with a search
- warrant. Their abilities in this area are very restricted. They
- operate by manipulating your fear and you have nothing to fear
- but your own fear. Don't try to come up with some lame
- explanation, you know you received the call and they know it. So
- don't make an ass out of yourself trying to explain away the
- obvious - HANG UP!
-
- What happens if your are caught?
-
- Congratulate yourself on being an asshole. The number of phreaks
- caught are so small you have now qualified for membership in a
- really elite group of jerks.
- Inspector Bullshit now has several options.
-
- Grab your computer......... this will be done no matter what.
-
- Grab your data files and any hard copy you have laying around.
- This to help identify other subversives and also to supply
- incriminating information about you.
-
- Try to scare you into a confession. Standard operating procedure
- - keep your fucking mouth shut. You have nothing to gain by
- talking and a much to lose.
-
- If you're a minor you can forget about jail time, an adult
- is looking at a couple of weeks in the slam - may-be.
-
- Realize this, they don't really want your ass as much as they
- want THE MONEY. That's right boys and girls the buck talks loud
- and clear.
-
- If you're caught, you've broken every one of the IC's
- rules. At worst you're looking at a couple of thousand in phone
- bills. Get a lawyer to do your talking for you, that'll be about
- a five hundred dollar retainer. If the company is willing to
- settle for the money, and your computer, pay it - it's cheaper
- in the long run. If they want you in the calaboose then fight
- it. As a first time offender the odds of you actually getting
- time are slim. Incidentally, Inspector Bullshit will drop a
- little extra on the bill for good measure. Have the attorney
- demand they produce their records of all "alleged phone
- conversations".
-
- In fighting a phreaking case you'll want to have a jury trial.
- The technology behind the running of a trace is so
- complicated even a halfassed lawyer could confuse the
- average layman. He can make Inspector Bullshit describe
- switching down to atomic subparticles if he wants and by the
- time he gets to how a trace works the jury would be so confused
- you'd skate on a "reasonable doubt". It would be
- interesting to see if a sharp shark could subpoena the actual
- equipment used to run the trace. I don't think MCI would
- care to have one of their computers offline for the time it
- would take to have "independent" examiners checking out the
- functionality of the switching mechanisms.
-
- To phreak or not to phreak. It's a question only you can answer
- for yourself.
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