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* PRIVATE AUDIENCE *
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(A BASIC LESSON IN THE ART OF LISTENING IN)
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Federal law:
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Section 605 of title 47 of the U.S code, forbids interception of
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communication, or divulagance of intercepted communication except by persons
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outlined in section 119 of title 18 (a portion of the Omnibus crime control and
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safe streets act of 1968). This act states that "It shall not be unlawful under
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this act for an operator of a switchboard, or an officer, employee, or agent of
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any communication common carrier who's switching system is used in the
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transmission of a wire communication to intercept or disclose intercepted
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communication."
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PART II: TAPPING
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Everyone has at some time wanted to hear what a friend, the principal, the prom
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queen, or a neighbor has to say on the phone. There are several easy ways to
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tap into a phone line. None of the methods that I present will involve actually
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entering the house. You can do everything from the backyard. I will discuss
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four methods of tapping a line. They go in order of increasing difficulty.
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1. The "beige box": a beige box (or bud box) is actually better known as a
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"lineman" phone. They are terribly simple to construct, and are basically the
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easiest method to use. They consist of nothing more than a phone with the
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modular plug that goes into the wall cut off, and two alligator clips attached
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to the red and green wires. The way to use this box, is to venture into the
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yard of the person you want to tap, and put it onto his line. This is best done
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at the bell phone box that is usually next to the gas meter. It should only
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have one screw holding it shut, and is very easily opened. Once you are in, you
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should see 4 screws with wires attached to them. If the house has one line,
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then clip the red lead to the first screw, and the green to the second. You are
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then on the "tappee's" phone. You will hear any conversation going on. I
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strongly recommend that you remove the speaker from the phone that you're using
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so the "tappee" can't hear every sound you make. If the house has two lines,
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then the second line is on screws three and four. If you connect everything
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right, but you don't get on the line, then you probably have the wires
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backward. Switch the red to the second screw and the green to the first. If no
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conversation is going on, you may realize that you can't tap the phone very
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well because you don't want to sit there all night, and if you are on the
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phone, then the poor tappee can't dial out, and that could be bad...so.......
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method two.
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2. The recorder: This method is probably the most widespread, and you still
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don't have to be a genius to do it. There are LOTS of ways to tape
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conversations. The two easiest are either to put a "telephone induction pickup"
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(Radio Shack $1.99) on the beige box you were using, then plugging it into the
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microphone jack of a small tape recorder, and leaving it on record. Or plugging
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the recorder right into the line. This can be done by taking a walkman plug,
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and cutting off the earphones, then pick one of the two earphone wires, and
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strip it. There should be another wire inside the one you just stripped. Strip
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that one too, and attach alligators to them. Then follow the beige box
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instructions to tape the conversation. In order to save tape, you may want to
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use a voice activated recorder (Radio Shack $59), or if your recorder has a
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"remote" jack, you can get a "telephone recorder control" at Radio shack shack
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for $19 that turns the recorder on when the phone is on, and off when the phone
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is off. This little box plugs right into the wall (modularly of course), so it
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is best NOT to remove the modular plug for it. Work around it if you can. If
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not, then just do you best to get a good connection. When recording, it is good
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to keep your recorder hidden from sight (in the Bell box if possible), but in a
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place easy enough to change tapes from.
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3. The wireless microphone: this is the BUG. It transmits a signal from the
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phone to the radio (FM band). You may remember Mr. Microphone (from Kaytel
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fame); these wireless microphones are available from Radio Shack for $19. They
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are easy to build and easy to hook up. There are so many different models, that
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is is almost impossible to tell you exactly what to do. The most common thing
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to do is to cut off the microphone element, and attach these two wires to
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screws one and two. The line MIGHT, depending on the brand, be "permanently off
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hook". This is bad, but by phucking around with it for a while, you should get
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it working. There are two drawbacks to using this method. One, is that the poor
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asshole who is getting his phone tapped might hear himself on "FM 88, the
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principal connection". The second problem is the range. The store bought
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transmitters have a VERY short range. I suggest that you build the customized
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version I will present in part four (it's cheaper too). Now on to the best of
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all the methods....
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4. The "easy-talks": This method combines all the best aspects of all the the
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other methods. It only has one drawback... You need a set of "Easy-talk" walkie
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talkies. They are voice activated, and cost about $59. You can find 'em at toy
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stores, and "hi-tech" catalogs. I think t(at any voice activated walkie talkies
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will work, but I have only tried the easy-talks. First, you have to decide on
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one for the "transmitter" and one for the "receiver". It is best to use the one
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with the strongest transmission to transmit, even though it may receive better
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also. De-solder the speaker of the "transmitter", and the microphone of the
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"receiver". Now, go to the box. put the walkie talkie on "VOX" and hook the
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microphone leads (as in method three) to the first and second screws in the
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box. Now go home, and listen on your walkie talkie. If nothing happens, then
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the phone signal wasn't strong enough to "activate" the transmission. If this
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happens, there are two things you can do. One, add some ground lines to the
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microphone plugs. This is the most inconspicuous, but if it doesn't work then
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you need an amplifier, like a walkman with two earphone plugs. Put the first
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plug on the line, and then into one of the jacks. Then turn the volume all the
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way up (w/out pressing play). Next connect the second earphone plug to the mice
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wires, and into the second earphone outlet on the walkman. Now put the whole
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mess in the box, and lock it up. This should do the trick. It gives you a
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private radio station to listen to them on: you can turn it off when something
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boring comes on, and you can tape off the walkie talkie speaker that you have!
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PART IV: WIRELESS TRANSMITTER PLANZ
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This is a tiny transmitter that consists on a one colpitts oscillator that
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derives it's power from the phone line. Since the resistance it puts on the
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line is less than 100 ohms, it has no effect on the telephone performance, and
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can not be detected by the phone company, or the tappee. Since it is a
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low-powered device using no antenna for radiation, it is legal to the FCC.
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(That is it complies with part 15 of the FCC rules and regulations). It,
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however is still illegal to do, it's just that what you're using to do it is
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legal. This is explained later in part 15... "no person shall use such a device
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for eavesdropping unless authorized by all parties of the conversation" (then
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it's not eavesdropping is it?). What this thing does, is use four diodes to
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form a "bridge rectifier". It produces a varying dc voltage varying with the
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auto-signals on the line. That voltage is used to supply the the voltage for
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the oscillator transistor. Which is connected to a radio circuit. From there,
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you can tune it to any channel you want. The rest will all be explained in a
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minute....
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PARTS LIST
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item description
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C1 47-Pf ceramic disk capacitor
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C2,C3 27-Pf mica capacitor
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CR1,CR2,CR3,CR4 germanium diode 1n90 or equivalent
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R1 100 ohm, 1/4 watt 10% composition resistor
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R2 10k, 1/4 watt 10% composition resistor
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R3 .7k, 1/4 watt 10% composition resistor
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L1 2 uH radio frequency choke (see text)
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L2 5 turns No.20 wire (see text)
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Q1 Npn rf transistor 2N5179 or equivalent
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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L1 may be constructed by winding approximately 40 turns of No. 36
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enamel wire on a mega-ohm, 1/2 watt resistor. The value of L1 is
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not critical. L2 can be made by wrapping 5 turns of No. 20 wire
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around a 1/4 inch form. After the wire is wrapped, the form can
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be removed. Just solder it into place on the circuit board. It
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should hold quite nicely. Also be sure to position Q1 so that the
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emitter, base, and collector are in the proper holes. The
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schematic should be pretty easy to follow. Although it has an
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unusual number of grounds, it still works.
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------------------L1----------------
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--
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CR1 / \ CR2 ----------------
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A--------------/ \ -- ----
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\ / C2 L2
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CR3 \ /CR4 C1 R2 ----
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R1 -- gnd C3
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---- -----
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gnd
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---------Base collector
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R3 \ /
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B----------------------- \/\ <- Q1
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gnd \/
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emitter(gnd)
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The odd thing about this bug that we haven't encountered yet, is that it is put
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on only one wire (either red or green) so go to the box, remove the red wire
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that was ALREADY on screw #1 and attach it to wire 'A' of the bug. Then attach
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wire 'B' to the screw itself. You can adjust the frequency which it comes out
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on the FM channel by either smooshing, or widening the coils of L2. It takes a
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few minutes to get to work right, but it is also very versatile. You can change
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the frequency at will, and you can easily record off your radio.
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PART FIVE: HELPFUL HINTS
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First of all, With method one, the beige box, you may notice that you can also
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dial out on the phone you use. I don't recommend that you do this. If you
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decide to anyway, and do something conspicuous like set up a 30 person
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conference for three hours, then I suggest that you make sure the people are
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either out of town or dead. In general, when you tap a line, you must be
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careful. I test everything I make on my line first, then install it late at
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night. I would not recommend that you leave a recorder on all day. Put it on
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when you want it going, and take it off when you're done. As far as recording
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goes, I think that if there is a recorder on the line it sends a sporadic beep
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back to the phone co. I know that if you don't record directly off the line
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(i.e off your radio) then even the most sophisticated equipment can't tell that
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you're recording. Also, make sure that when you install something, the people
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are NOT on the line. Installation tends to make lots of scratchy sounds, clicks
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and static. It is generally a good thing to avoid. It doesn't take too much
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intelligence to just make a call to the house before you go to install the
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thing. If it's busy then wait a while. (This of course does not apply if you
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are making a "midnight run").
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All in all, if you use common sense, and are *VERY* careful, chances are you
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won't get caught. Never think that you're unstoppable, and don't broadcast what
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you're doing. Keep it to yourself, and you can have a great time.
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