/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ /-/ /-/ /-/ The Aqua Box /-/ /-/ /-/ /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ Every true phreaker lives in fear of the dredded 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. /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ /-/ The Lock /-/ /-/ in Trace /-/ /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ 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 conecpt of 'locking in', then here's a = breif desciption. 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 electricity 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 waiting, you should understand better = about that, for call waiting intersepts 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 decrease 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 nessecary 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. /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ /-/ The Aqua Box /-/ /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ 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 restrainor 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! 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 applicence 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 APPLIENCE 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 wdon't wanna = keep the jack, then just rip the prongs out. If you are, cover the prongs = with insultation 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 eahc 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 sauder away at it and form the whole device into one big box, with = some kind of cheap mattel 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. /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ /-/ Usifg 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 appliance 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. Happy boxing and stay free!