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From: lenv@terminator.cc.umich.edu (Len Vishnevsky)
Newsgroups: alt.hackers
Subject: beige box
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Date: 21 Nov 90 23:08:06 GMT
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Approved: Len Vishnevsky <lenv@terminator.cc.umich.edu>

I used to see plans of boxes all the time.  Does anyone remember the
blotto box?  It seems that someone had the impression the FBI used a
method called lock and trace, which kept the voltage on your phone 
line at a high level, so they g-men could trace you and you couldn't
disconnect the line (i.e. hang up)  The blotto box was designed to
play a radio or some other electric device to lower the voltage and
disconnect the line before you were traced.  Does any of this seem
even remotely real?  Obviously with ess you can be traced instantly
now, but what about 5-10 years ago?

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Len Vishnevsky
lenv@terminator.cc.umich.edu