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THE PHREAK CHRONICLES
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R E M O B S
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Some of you may have heard of devices called REMOBs which stands for Remote
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Observation System. They are also called silver boxes. These Devices allow
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supposedly 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 receive
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only. (IE, the mouthpiece is not hooked up. Thus it is totally silent and you
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can listen to any conversation taking place. Also, it would be possible for
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anyone to dial into REMOBS, key in the proper access code and tap fones!!!
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(Isn't that a no-no?)
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REMOB works as follows:
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Dial the number of a REMOB unit. Occassionally, Ma Bell apparently puts them
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in 555 information exchanges, ie XXX-555-XXXX. A tone will then be heard for
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approximately 2 seconds and then silence. It is then necessary to key in
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(w/touch tone) a 2 to 5 digit security code while holding each digit down at
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least 1 second. If the code is not entered within 5 or 6 seconds, the REMOB
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will disconnect and must be dialed again. If the code is properly entered,
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then another tone will be heard. A seven digit subscriber fond number can then
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be entered (The REMOB can only handle certain 'exchanges' which are prewired,
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so usually one machine cannot monitor an entire NPA). REMOB will then connect
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to the subscribers line. The listener will hear the low level idle tone. Then
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as the monitored party dials (rotary or touch tone), the listener would hear
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the number being dialed. Then the ENTIRE conversation! All without detection.
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When the listener is finished with the monitoring of that particular customer,
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he can then key a single 'reset digit' (usually the last digit of the access
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code). This disconnects him from the monitored line and returns him to the
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tone so that he can key in another 7 digit fone #. When the listener is
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totally finished with the REMOB, he keys a single 'disconnect digit' which
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disconnects him from the REMOB so that the device can reset and be ready for
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another caller.
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Bell has kept REMOB very low key. Up until 1974, Bell denied entirely that
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REMOBs existed. The device was first made public during hearing on "Telephone
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Monitoring Practices by Federal Agencies" before a subcommittee or the
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committee on government operations. House of Representa- tives, Ninety-Third
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Congress, June 1974. 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. Uh huh!!!!
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If any reader should discover a REMOB during his (or her) scanning travels,
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please keep in mind the very strict federal laws regarding wiretapping if you
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were caught using REMOB to tap peoples fones. Be careful!!!!!!!
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