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[__RemObS_________________________] by the Jolly Roger
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Some of you may have heard of devices called Remobs which stands
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for Remote Observation System. These Devices allow supposedly
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authorized telephone employees to dial into them from anywhere, and
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then using an ordinary touch tone fone, tap into a customer's line
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in a special receive only mode. [The mouthpiece circuit is
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deactivated, allowing totally silent observation from any
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fone in the world (Wire tapping without a court order is against
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the law)]
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[__How Remobs Work______________]
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Dial the number of a Remob unit. Bell is rumored to put them in the
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555 information exchanges, oron special access trunks
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[Unreachable except via blue box]. A tone will then be heard
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for approximately 2 seconds and then silence. You must key in
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(In DTMF) a 2 to 5 digit access code while holding each digit down
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at least 1 second. If the code is not entered within 5 or 6 seconds,
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the Remob will release and must be dialed again. If the code is
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supposedly another tone will be heard. A seven digit subscriber
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fone number can then be entered [The Remob can only handle certain
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'exchanges' which are prewired, so usually one machine cannot
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monitor an entire NPA]. The Remob will then connect to the
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subscribers line. The listener will hear the low level idle tone
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as long as the monitored party is on hook. As the monitored party
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dials [rotary or DTMF], the listener would hear [And Record]
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the number being dialed. Then the ENTIRE conversation, datalink,
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whatever is taking place, all without detection. There is no
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current box which can detect Remob observation, since it is being done
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with the telephone equipment that makes the connection. When the
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listener is finished monitoring of that particular customer, he keys
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the last digit of the access code to disconnects him from the
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monitored line and return to the tone so that he can key in another
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7 digit fone #. When the listener is totally finished with the Remob,
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he keys a single 'disconnect digit' which disconnects him from the
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Remob so that the device can reset and be ready for another caller.
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[_History of Remobs_______________]
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Bell has kept the existance of Remobs very low key. Only in
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1974, Bell acknowledged that Remobs existed. The device was
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first made public during hearings on "Telephone Monitoring Practices
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by Federal Agencies" before a subcommittee on government
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operations. House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress, June
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1974.
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It has since been stated by Bell that the Remob devices
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are used exclusively for monitoring Bell employees such as operators,
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information operators, etc., to keep tabs on their performance.
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[Suuureee, were stupid]
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[__Possible Uses for Remobs__]
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The possible uses of Remobs are almost as endless as the uses
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of self created fone line. Imagine the ability to monitor bank lines
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etc, just off the top of my head I can think of these applications:
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Data Monitoring of:
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TRW
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National Credit Bureau
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AT&T Cosmos
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Bank Institutions
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Compuserve and other Networks.
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Voice Monitoring of:
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Bank Institutions
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Mail Order buisnesses.
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Bell Telephone themselves.
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Any place handling sensitive or important information.
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Anyone that you may not like.
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With just one Remob, someone could get hundreds of credit cards,
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find out who was on vacation, get compuserve passwords by the dozens,
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disconnect peoples fones, do credit checks, find out about anything
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that they may want to find out about. Im sure you brilliant
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can see the value of a telephone hobbiest and a telecommunications
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enthusist getting his hands on a few choice Remobs. <Grin>
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[_Caution________________________]
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If any reader should discover a Remob during his (or her) scanning
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excursions, please keep in mind the very strict federal laws
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regarding wiretapping and unauthorized use of private Bell property.
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------------------Jolly Roger
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