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# <Tolmes News Service> #
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# > Written by Dr. Hugo P. Tolmes < #
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Issue Number: 23
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Release Date: January 28, 1988
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Well, not much has been going on. I've been busy and so has everyone else.
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Let's go directly to this issue.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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TITLE: Moves Taken to Restrict Dial-a-Porn
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FROM: New York Times
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DATE: January ??, 1988
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Responding to public complaints, several telephone companies have taken
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steps that industry officials say are likely to inhibit the growth of telephone
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services that offer adult messages.
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According to telephone industry officials, the moves last week were the
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first significant effort to move toward restricting access to the services,
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which they call dial-a-porn.
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The companies making announcements last week were AT&T, US West, and
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Pacific Bell.
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Charges on 900 Numbers
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AT&T, the long distance carrier and the largest of the companies, said
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that it would no longer pay compensation to most sponsors of messages on
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its "pay-to-listen" service, known as Dial-it 900. Besides the adult message
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sponsors, a variety of companies use the service to take polls and offer
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informational services. Companies conducting polls through the service will
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still receive compensation, AT&T said.
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Numbers on the service begin with the area code 900 and a one-minute
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call to such a number usually costs 50 cents. Under the compensation program
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companies in the 900 service, including those that sponsored adult messages,
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received 2 to 5 cents a call, depending on the volume of calls received.
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Option to Block Access
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US West, which serves customers in 14 Western states, said that as soon as
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possible it would begin offering customers, at no charge, the option of
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blocking access from their telephones to pay-to-listen numbers. Customers now
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pay a small fee to have such access blocked.
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US West also said it was setting up a new 960 prefix for the telephone
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numbers of services which it deemed "harmful to its reputation" including
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those that provide adult messages. All pay-to-listen numbers now have the
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prefix 976.
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Money for services on the 960 exchange will not be collected by US
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West, the company said. It is through the special 976 prefix that the phone
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companies bill customers on behalf of the companies providing the messages.
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Residential customers will have the option of blocking access to the
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960 prefix.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Just more attacks at the dial-it services.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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< Changes at 2600 Magazine >
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The December issue of 2600 Magazine (Volume 4, Number 12) detailed all of
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the changes that are taking place at 2600.
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2600 Magazine has gone from a monthly to a quarterly publication.
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The December issue contained the following sections:
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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IMPORTANT NEWS
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IBM'S VM/CMS SYSTEM
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TELECOM INFORMER
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BLV
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LETTERS
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SOCIAL INTERACTION
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ROMAN HACKING
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2600 MARKETPLACE
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L.D. HORROR TALES
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This issue ends the regular format because, as stated earlier, the new
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format will be a quarterly publication.
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On the last page of the December issue was an advertisement that might be of
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interest to some readers:
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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The Telecom Security Group
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SECURITY PERSONNEL: Hackers play a role in violating YOUR computer's
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security.
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LET OUR TEAM PUT YOUR FEARS TO REST with our complete "system penetration"
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services. We'll also keep you up to date on what hackers know about you.
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CALL OR WRITE FOR MORE INFORMATION
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The Telecom Security Group Office: 914-564-0437
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366 Washington Street Fax: 914-564-5332
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Newburgh, NY 12550 Telex: 70-3848
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""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
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I thought the ad was very interesting as 2600 Magazine contained an
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advertisement for a computer security organization. As for the founder of the
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"Telecom Security Group", well most people know him already.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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I'm hearing more and more about complaints about the dial-it services. The
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problem is getting some help. I'll be presenting many more articles on this
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subject in issues 26-29.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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TNS Issues:
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The TNS issues are still coming out at about 3 issues a month. I'm sorry to
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say that they will be slowing down a bit soon but nothing to worry about.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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Comments:
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If you have any comments about TNS (Tolmes News Service) or anything about
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anything at all. Please contact me.
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I will accept articles if you write them up and somehow send them to me. The
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articles should be news dealing with the phreak/hack world as outlined by
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TNS Issue #1.
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If you have found out something interesting or would just like to make a
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comment on the Tolmes News Service, the please leave me e-mail at the following
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bulletin boards. The boards with a "*" next to them also contain all of the TNS
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issues.
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The Executive Inn* (915) 581-5145
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Pirate-80* (304) 744-2253
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Digital Logic's DS (305) 395-6906
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Ripco Internati (312) 528-5020
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Other places where you MIGHT find me:
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Phreak Klass Rm. 2600/Atlantic Alliance/Demon Roach/Tele-Thief
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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TNS Quick/\/otes:
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Pirate-80 has greatly expanded its system. The new additions are:
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- a 32 meg Irwin tape backup
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- a 40 meg Seagate hard drive
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- an IBM expansion chasis (8 slots)
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Mafia Dude was busted for a stolen IBM convertible. Details will be in TNS
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Issue #25 probably.
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The Private Connection might be going up again.
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Bellcore Systems is down (due to Mafia Dude's bust).... see Issue #25.
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Cablecast 0perator has supposedly developed a revolutionary new type of box.
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The details are uncertain but it is some type of new gold box called a Dark
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Box.
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Upcoming Articles in TNS:
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Putting A Halt to Porn Lines
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More on the Changes at 2600 Magazine
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Troubles for 1-900 Lines
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