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/-/ The Aqua Box /-/
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/-/ Concept by: Captain Xerox /-/
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/-/ Plans by: The Traveler /-/
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Every true phreaker lives in fear of the dreaded F.B.I. 'Lock in Trace.'
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For a long time, it was impossible to escape from the lock in trace. This box
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does offer and escape route with simple directions to it. This box is quite a
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simple concept, and almost any phreaker with basic electronics knowledge can
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construct and use it.
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__/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\__
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____/\/__ __\/\____
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______/\/ |__ The Lock __| \/\______
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____\/\__| In Trace |__/\/____
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\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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A Lock-in Trace is a device used by the F.B.I. to lock into the phone users
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location so that he can not hang up while a trace is in progress. For those
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of you who are not familiar with the concept of 'locking in', then here's a
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brief description.
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The F.B.I. can tap into a conversation, sort of like a three-way call
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connection. Then, when they get there, they can plug electricity into the
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phone line. All phone connections are held open by a certain voltage of elec-
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tricity, that is why you sometimes get static and faint connections when you
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are calling far away, because the electricity has trouble keeping the line up.
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What the lock in trace does is cut into the line and generate that same
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voltage straight into the lines. That way, when you try and hang up, voltage
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is retained. Your phone will ring just like someone was calling you even
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after you hang up. (If you have call waiting, you should understand better
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about that, for call waiting intercepts the electricity and makes a tone that
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means someone is going through your line. Then, it is a matter of which
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voltage is higher. When you push down the receiver, then it see-saws the
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electricity to the other side. When you have a person on each line it is im-
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possible to hang up unless one or both of them will hang up. If you try to
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hang up, voltage is retained, and your phone will ring. That should give you
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an understanding of how calling works. Also, when electricity passes through
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a certain point on your phone, the electricity causes a bell to ring or on
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some newer phones an electronic ring to sound.
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So, in order to eliminate the trace, you somehow must lower the voltage
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level on your phone line. You should know that every time someone else picks
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up the phone line, then the voltage does decrease a little. In the first
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steps of planning this out, Xerox suggested getting about a hundred phones all
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hooked into the same line that could all be taken off the hook at the same
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time. That would greatly decrease the voltage level. That is also why most
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three-way connections that are using the bell service three way calling (which
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is only $3 a month) become quite faint after a while.
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By now, you should understand the basic idea. You have to drain all of
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the power out of the line so the voltage can not be kept up. A rather sudden
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draining of power could quickly short out the F.B.I. voltage machine, because
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it was only built to sustain the exact voltage necessary to keep the voltage
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out.
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For now, imagine this. One of the normal Radio Shack generators that you
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can go pick up that one end of the cord that hooks into the central box has a
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phone jack on it and the other has an electrical plug. This way, you can
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"flash" voltage THROUGH the line, but can't drain it. So, some modifications
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have to be done.
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MATERIALS NEEDED- a BEOC (Basic Electrical Output Socket), like a small lamp
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type connection, where you just have a simple plug and wire
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that would plug into a light bulb.
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- One of the cords mentioned above, if you can't find one
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then construct your own; same voltage connection, but the
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restrainer must be built in (i.e. the central box)
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- TWO phone jacks (one for the modem, one for if you are
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being traced to plug the aqua box into)
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- Some creativity and easy work.
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NOTICE: No phones have to be destroyed/modified to make this box, so don't go
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out and buy a new phone for it!
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All right, this is a very simple procedure. If you have the BEOC, it
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could drain into anything, a radio, or whatever. The purpose of having that
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is you are going to suck the voltage out from the phone line into the electri-
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cal appliance so there would be no voltage left to lock you in with.
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1) Take the connection cord. Examine the plug at the end. It should have
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only two prongs, if it has three, still, do not fear. MAKE SURE THE ELEC-
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TRICAL APPLIANCE IS TURNED OFF unless you wanna become a crispy critter
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while making this thing. Most plugs will have a hard plastic design on the
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top of them to prevent you from getting in at the electrical wires inside.
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Well, get a knife and remove it. If you want to keep the plug (I don't see
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why...) then just cut the top off. When you look inside, low and behold,
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you will see that at the base of the prongs there are a few wires connect-
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ing in. Those wires conduct the power into the appliance. So, you care-
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fully unwrap those from the sides and pull them out until they are about an
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inch ahead of the prongs. If you don't wanna keep the jack, then just rip
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the prongs out. If you are, cover the prongs with insulation tape so they
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will not connect with the wires when the power is being drained from the
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line.
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2) Do the same thing with the prongs on the other plug, so you have the wires
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evenly connected. Now, wrap the end of the wires around each other. If
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you happen to have the other end of the voltage cord hooked into the phone,
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stop reading now, you're too fucking stupid to continue. After you've
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wrapped the wires around each other, then cover the whole thing with the
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plugs with insulating tape. Then, if you built your own control box or if
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you bought one, then cram all the wires into the box and re-close it.
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3) Re-check everything to make sure it's all in place. This is a pretty
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flimsy connection, but on later models when you get more experienced at it
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then you can solder away at it and form the whole device into one big box,
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with some kind of cheap Mattel hand-held game inside to be the power con-
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nector.
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In order to use it, just keep this box handy. Plug it into the jack if
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you want, but it will slightly lower the voltage so it isn't connected. When
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you plug it in, if you see sparks, unplug it and restart the WHOLE thing. But
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if it just seems fine then leave it.
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USING IT !!
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Now, so you have the whole thing plugged in and all... DO NOT USE THIS UN-
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LESS THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE! When the trace has gone on, don't panic, un-
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plug your phone, and turn on the appliance that it was hooked to. It will
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need energy to turn itself on, and here's a great source... the voltage to
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keep a phone line open is pretty small and a simple light bulb should drain it
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all in and probably short the F.B.I. computer at the same time.
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Happy boxing and stay free!
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Later, The Traveler
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Zer0-g
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Council of Minds.
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