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/-/ The Aqua Box /-/
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/-/ Concept by: Xerox /-/
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/-/ Plans by: The Traveler /-/
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Every true phreaker lives in fear of the dredded F.B.I. 'Lock in Trace.' For
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a long time, it was impossible to escape from the lock in trace. This box does
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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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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 of
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you who are not familiar with the conecpt of 'locking in', then here's a breif
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desciption.
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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
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electricity, that is why you sometimes get static and faint connections when
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[you are calling far away, because the electricity has trouble keeping the line
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up. 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 after
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you hang up. (If you have call waiting, you should understand better about
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that, for call waiting intersepts the electricity and makes a tone that means
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someone is going through your line. Then, it is a matter of which voltage is
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higher. When you push down the receiver, then it see-saws the electricity to
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the other side. When you have a person on each line it is impossible to hang
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up unless one or both of them will hang up. If you try to hang up, voltage is
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retained, and your phone will ring. That should give you an understanding of
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how calling works, also. When electricity passes through a certain point on
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your phone, the electricity causes a bell to ring or on some newer phones an
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electronic ring to sound.)
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So, in order to eliminate the trace, you somehow must lower the voltage level
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[on your phone line. You should know that every time someone else picks up the
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phone line, then the voltage does decrease a little. In the first steps of
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planning this out, Xerox suggested getting about a hundred phones all hooked
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into the same line that could all be taken off the hook at the same time.
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That would greatly decrease the voltage level. That is also why most three-
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way connections that are using the bell service three way calling (which is
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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 the
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power out of the line so the voltage can not be kept up. I 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 nessecary to keep the voltage
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out.
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For now, image this. One of the normal radio shack generators that you can go
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pick up that one end of the cord that hooks into the central box has a phone
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jack on it and the other has an electrical plug. This way, you can "flash"
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[>voltage THROUGH the line, but cannot drain it. So, some modifications have
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to be done.
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Materials needed- a BEOC (Basic Elictrical 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 cords mentioned above, if you can't find one then
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construct your own... same voltage connection, but the
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restrainor 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 could
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drain into anything, a radio, or whatever. The purpose of having that is
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you are going to suck the voltage out from the phone line into the electrical
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applicence 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 only
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two prongs, if it has three, still, do not fear. MAKE SURE THE ELECTRICAL
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APPLIENCE IS TURNED OFF unless you wanna become a crispy critter while making
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this thing. Most plug will have a hard plastic design on the top of them to
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prevent you from getting in at the electrical wires inside. Well, get a nice
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and remove it. If you want to keep the plug (I don't see why...) then just cut
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the top off. When you look inside, low and behold, you will see that at the
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base of the prongs there are a few wires connecting in. Those wires conduct
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the power into the appliance. So, you carefully unwrap those from the sides
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and pull them out until they are about and inch ahead of the prongs. If you
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don't wanna keep the jack, then just rip the prongs out. If you are, cover the
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prongs with insultation tape so they will not connect with the wires when the
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power is being drained from the 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 you
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happen to have the other end of the voltage cord hooked into the phone, stop
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reading now, your too fucking stupid to continue.
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After you've wrapped the wires around each other, then cover the whole thing
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with the plugs with insulating tape. Then, if you built your own control box
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or if you bought one, then cram all the wires into the and reclose it. That
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box is your ticket out of this.
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3)Re-check everything to make sure it's all in place. This is a pretty flimsy
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connection, but on later models when you get more experienced at it then you
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can sauder away at it and form the whole device into one big box, with some
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kind of cheap mattel hand-held game inside to be the power connector.
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In order to use it, just keep this box handy. Plug it into the jack if you
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want, but it will slightly lower the voltage so it isn't connected. When you
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plug it in, if you see sparks, unplug it and restart the WHOLE thing. But if
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it just seems fine then leave it.
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Now, so you have the whole thing plugged in and all... DO NOT USE THIS UNLESS
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THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE! When the trace has gone on, don't panic, unplug
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your phone, and turn on the appliance that it was hooked to. It will need
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energy to turn itself on, and here's a great source... the voltage to keep
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a phone line open is pretty small and a simple light bulb should drain it all
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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,
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The Traveler
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Zer0-g
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Council of Minds.
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LakeSide Park
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203 746 0767
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Anarchy thru the fone lines!
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