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AQUA BOX

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Introduction

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Every true phreaker lives in fear of the dreaded F.B.I. 'Lock  in

Trace.'  For  a  long  time, it was impossible to escape from the

lock in trace. This box does offer and escape route  with  simple

directions  to it. This box is quite a simple concept, and almost

any phreaker with basic electronics knowledge can  construct  and

use it.



A lock in trace is a device used by the F.B.I. to lock into   the

phone  users location so that he can not hang up while a trace is

in progress. For those of you  who  are  not  familiar  with  the

concept of 'locking in', then here's a brief description.



The F.B.I. can tap into a conversation, sort of like a  three-way

call  connection.  Then, when they get there, they can plug elec-

tricity into the phone line. All phone connections are held  open

by  a  certain  voltage of electricity, that is why you sometimes

get static and faint connections when you are calling  far  away,

because the electricity has trouble keeping the line up. What the

lock in trace does is cut into the line and  generate  that  same

voltage  straight into the lines. That way, when you try and hang

up, voltage is retained. Your phone will ring just  like  someone

was  calling  you even after you hang up. (If you have call wait-

ing, you should understand better about that,  for  call  waiting

intercepts the electricity and makes a tone that means someone is

going through your line. Then, it is a matter of which voltage is

higher.  When  you  push  down the receiver, then it see-saws the

electricity to the other side. When you have  a  person  on  each

line  it is impossible to hang up unless one or both of them will

hang up. If you try to hang up, voltage  is  retained,  and  your

phone  will  ring.  That  should give you an understanding of how

calling works, also. When electricity`passes  through  a  certain

point  on your phone, the electricity causes a bell to ring or on

some newer phones an electronic ring to sound.)



So, in order to eliminate the trace, you somehow must lower   the

voltage level on your phone line. You should know that every time

someone else picks up the phone line, then the voltage  does  de-

crease  a  little. In the first steps of planning this out, Xerox

suggested getting about a hundred phones all hooked into the same

line that could all be taken off the hook at the same time.  That

would greatly decrease the voltage level. That is also  why  most

three-  way connections that are using the bell service three way

calling (which is only $3 a month) become  quite  faint  after  a

while.



By now, you should understand the basic idea. You have to   drain

all  of  the power out of the line so the voltage can not be kept

up. I rather sudden draining of power could quickly short out the

F.B.I.  voltage machine, because it was only built to sustain the

exact voltage necessary to keep the voltage out.



For now, image this. One of the normal  radio  shack   generators

that  you can go pick up that one end of the cord that hooks into

the central box has a phone jack on  it  and  the  other  has  an

electrical  plug.  This  way, you can "flash" voltage THROUGH the

line, but cannot drain it. So,  some  modifications  have  to  be

done.









Materials needed - a BEOC (Basic Electrical Output Socket),  like

                   a small lamp type connection, where you just

                   have a  simple plug and wire that would plug

                   into a light bulb.



                 - One of cords mentioned  above,  if  you  can't

                   find one then construct your own, same voltage

                   connection, but the restrainer must  be  built

                   in (i.e. the  central box)



                 - TWO phone jacks, one for the modem, one for if

                   you are being traced to plug the aqua box into



                 - Some creativity and easy work.







NOTICE: No phones have to be  destroyed/modified  to  make  this

        box, so don't go out and buy a new phone for it!







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Construction

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All right, this is a very simple  procedure.  If  you  have   the

BEOC,  it  could  drain  into anything, a radio, or whatever. The

purpose of having that is you are going to suck the  voltage  out

from the phone line into the electrical appliance so there would

be no voltage left to lock you in with.



1)Take the connection cord. Examine the  plug  at  the  end.   It

should have only two prongs, if it has three, still, do not fear.

MAKE SURE THE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE IS TURNED OFF unless you wanna

become  a  crispy critter while making this thing. Most plug will

have a hard plastic design on the top of them to prevent you from

getting  in  at the electrical wires inside. Well, get a nice and

remove it. If you want to keep the plug (I don't see why...) then

just cut the top off.



When you look inside, low and behold, you will see that  at   the

base  of  the  prongs  there are a few wires connecting in. Those

wires conduct the power into the  appliance.  So,  you  carefully

unwrap  those  from  the  sides  and pull them out until they are

about and inch ahead of the prongs. If you don't wanna keep  the

jack,  then just rip the prongs out. If you are, cover the prongs

with insulation tape so they will not  connect  with  the  wires

when the power is being drained from the line.



2)Do the same thing with the prongs on the other  plug,  so   you

have  the  wires evenly connected. Now, wrap the end of the wires

around each other. If you happen to have the  other  end  of  the

voltage  cord  hooked  into the phone, stop reading now, your too

fucking stupid to continue.



After you've wrapped the wires around each other, then cover  the

whole  thing  with  the  plugs with insulating tape. Then, if you

built your own control box or if you bought one,  then  cram  all

the wires into the and reclose it. That box is your ticket out of

this.



3)Re-check everything to make sure it's all in place. This is   a

pretty  flimsy  connection, but on later models when you get more

experienced at it then you can solder away at  it  and  form  the

whole  device  into  one  big box, with some kind of cheap metal 

hand-held game inside to be the power connector.



In order to use it, just keep this box handy. Plug it  into   the

jack  if  you  want, but it will slightly lower the voltage so it

isn't connected. When you plug it in, if you see  sparks,  unplug

it  and  restart  the WHOLE thing. But if it just seems fine then

leave it.



Now, so you have the whole thing plugged in and  all...  DO   NOT

USE  THIS  UNLESS  THE SITUATION IS DESPERATE! When the trace has

gone on, don't panic, unplug your phone, and turn on  the  appli-

ance  that  it  was hooked to. It will need energy to turn itself

on, and here's a great source... the voltage to keep a phone line

open  is pretty small and a simple light bulb should drain it all

in and probably short the F.B.I. computer at the same time.



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