Title: Watching the Feds who are Watching You Date: 6/3/87 Time: 7:06 pm THIS FILE WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON OSUNY (914)428-7216, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. SUFFICIENT CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO OSUNY WHEN POSTING THIS FILE ON OTHER SYSTEMS! =================================== Watching the Watcher Watching You =================================== Uploaded to OSUNY BBS by Sir Knight =================================== (c) 1984-85 NPI/Appa Teleworks I =================================== LESSON 1] THE TRAP LOOKING FOR A FEDERAL AGENT IS BIG NEWS. OBVIOUSLY, THESE PEOPLE ARE SLIPPERY AND WILL DISAPPEAR IF BEING NOTICED. A PERFECT EXAMPLE IS RICHARD SANDZA OF NEWSWEEK FAME WHO GOT SNIFFED OUT, AND THEN SAT DOWN TO COMPOSE HIS STUNNING INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF HACKERS, "NIGHT OF THE HACKERS". ANOTHE$WOULD BE CABLE PAIR, WHO IN 1983 CAUSED THE NUMEROUS BUSTS THAT OCCURED BETW- EEN THE SUMMER AND WINTER OF THAT YEAR. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR? WHAT IF YOU SUSPECT SOMEONE BUT ARE NOT SURE...YOU DONT ACCUSE THEM, JUST REFER BACK TO THESE HANDY LITTLE HINTS.... THIS FILE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND THE SYSOP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT I HAVE ENTERED. LESSON 2]TIPS: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS ON YOUR FAVE RAVE PHREAK BOARD: "LEAVE ME A PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU..WE CAN TRADE SOME CODEZ..." THIS PERSON IS OBVIOUSLY BLOTTED OUT OF HIS GOURD, OR HE IS TRYING TO GET SOME INFO ON YOU! FEDS WANT TO KNOW PEOPLE A ND KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT THEM AS THEY CAN WI THOUT GETTING FOUND OUT. SO, DONT MESS W ŠITH THESE KINDS OF PEOPLE. HOW ABOUT THIS COMMON ONE: "CAN I HAVE A TRW ACCOUNT FOV`PPSYSTEM ? I AM REAL INTERESTED..." LISTEN. DURING THIS TERRIBLE YULETIDE OF TERROR REIGNING FROM MONTANA BUTTHACK 'S ARTICLE, YOU DONT TRUST ANYONE WITH YO UR PERSONALLY GOTTEN/HACKED OUT ACCOUNT UNLESS YOU KNOW THEM. AND, ABOVE ALL, DONT POST THEM ON PUBLIC SYSTEMS WHERE EVERY FED IN 30 STATES CAN GET THE M AND CHECK THEM OUT. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE YOUR OWN PERSONAL ACCOUNTS, THEN TH E DAMN THINGS ARE LIKELY TO BE TURNED OFF FROM TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVING A CREDIT CHECK BY THE LENOXX BANK OF MASS. EVER HEAR-- "GOT ANY NEW VISA'S OR MASTERCARDS?" WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT PW'S GOES DOUBLE FO R CREDIT CARDS. I WOULD BE DOUBLY CAREFUL ABOUT THE OBTAINING AND/OR USE O F THEM. I DONT DO THAT STUFF AND NEVER WILL BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO GIVE THE FED S THE CHANCE TO SAY,"HEY, THIS KID'S JUST DROPPING HIS PANTS AND BeN ING HIM OVER. LET'S GIVE HIM THE STICK." WHAT ABOUT... "CAN SOMEONE TELL ME HOW TO PHREAK" OR "CAN SOMEONE TEACH ME HOW TO HACK DONT BE TOO TRUSTING ANY MORE ABOUT NEW PHREAKS/HACKS UNLESS THEY LOOK LIKE INNOCENT KIDS. YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW HOW TO TELL IF THERE IS SOME KID THAT COMES FROM A GOOD JEWISH, UPPER-MIDDLE C LASS FAMILY THAT WANTS TO KNOW THE HOW-TO STUFF AND THAT IS OKAY. BUT ALWAY S ASK THREE QUESTIONS OF YOUR APPREN- TICES: 1]WHAT IS YOUR NAME 2]WHAT IS YOURPHONE NUMBER Š 3]HOW OLD ARE YOU NUMBER THREE IS CRUCIAL..IF THEY ARE O VER 19 YEARS OF AGE, DONT WASTE YOUR TIME OR EFFORT. YOU DONT KNOW THEM AND YOU WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. IF THEY DO LIE ABOUT THEIR AGE(YOU CAN TELL IF Y OU TALK TO THEM VOICE DUM DUM) AND THEY A RE UNDER 19, THEN YOU CAN SAY OKAY. JUST STAY COOL ABOUT IT. WELL, THAT IS ALL THAT I CAN THINK OF NOW. IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADDITIONS, YOU CAN COMPOSE A FILE USING THE P COMMAND. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OSUNY BBS FOR IT S CONTINUED EFFORT TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE PHREAK/HACK COMMUNITY AND TO MY FINGERS WITHOUT WHOSE TIRELESS EFFORT I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COMPOSE THIS FILE. SIR KNIGHT (*)-THE *ELITE* PHREAKERS CLUB-(*) X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: NIRVANAnet(tm) & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Jeff Hunter 510-935-5845 The Salted Slug Strange 408-454-9368 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408-363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510-527-1662 Lies Unlimited Mick Freen 415-583-4102 Tomorrow's 0rder of Magnitude Finger_Man 415-961-9315 My Dog Bit Jesus Suzanne D'Fault 510-658-8078 New Dork Sublime Demented Pimiento 415-566-0126 Specializing in conversations, obscure information, high explosives, arcane knowledge, political extremism, diverse sexuality, insane speculation, and wild rumours. ALL-TEXT BBS SYSTEMS. Full access for first-time callers. We don't want to know who you are, where you live, or what your phone number is. We are not Big Brother. "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X