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