THIS PUBLICATION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. NEITHER I, THE PEOPLE WHO DISTRIBUTE THIS FILE, NOR THE ORGANANIZATIONS THROUGH WHICH IT IS DISTRIBUTED ARE LIABLE FROM ANY DAMAGE, LEGAL ACTION, OR ANYTHING ELSE AS A RESULT OF THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS FILE. ****************************************************************************** Well, I guess that covers everything. I am serious about not being liable for damages, too. You could screw a lot of things up with this stuff, so I sure as hell hope you have enough intelligence to bullshit your way out of sticky situations. But the best advice is don't get caught. This is primarily meant for information on possible ways crooks can tap your line(or the government, same thing!!), but if you use these techniques personally, I suggest having escapes... Anyway, I guess I'll start with hot-mics. At least that's what I heard they're called. They are made up of a few cheap components, and very easy to make, requiring little skill(Hell, I can do it!). There are many types, but I will just cover the primary ones: With a Resister only: Well this is by far the simplest method of bugging any phone. The basic principle is that by placing a resister over the hookswitch, enough power will be let through to power the microphone in the phone, but not enough to make the phone go "off-hook" The best way to do this is probably with a 10k ohm resister, which are availible in 2-packs at radio shack for about 69›. Simply attach the resister to each side of one of the hookswitches(I suggest soldering) and you can pick up the signal at another point on the line via a mini-amp (will be explained later). You can also try using different strength resisters, the less powerful the resister, the stronger the sound. You will be able to hear room noise with this one. With a resister and a capacitor: Use a 10k ohm resister, and a .47 uf, or 1 uf capacitor. Place these in parallel across a hookswitch as in above. The capacitor should have a rating of 200 volts or more. The capacitor is also availible in radio shack, a pack of 2 being less than a dollar. room audio comes in stronger with this one. Picking up the line: Okay, well to tell the truth, I haven't gotten either of the above scams to work, but this one is easy and surely works. The above things may or may not work, but they probably DO, so you should probably try them. I probably have trouble because I've only done the first one, which is less powerful than the second. So now, let's get down to this listening business. All you need is a mini-amp, availible at, yes, radio shack, for about 11.95. I can'tgive you the exact cat. number, but it is a little beige thing, usually on display somewhere You will also need a .022 uf capacitor, a small length of phone cord, and either a mono female to male adapter, or a mono cord with one male end. They can be stereo too, but the amplifier is only mono. they can also be either 1/8" or 1/4" but the input on the mini amp is 1/8", so get an adapter if you get a 1/4"... alright, now to connect the phone line to the amp, cut off one end of the phone line, and strip the red and green wires inside(there should also be a black wire and a yellow wire). Connect the capacitor to the red wire and one of the contacts on the adapter or cable(you should strip the cable, or remove the cover to the adapter, dur!) Connect the green wire to the other contact on the adapter I soldered them and ti works great, but you don't have to. Now, obviously, you need to plug the adapter into the mini amp, and the phone line into a jack. You should now be able to listen in on any phone conversations, and if you have one of the above hot-mics installed, you should be able to hear room conversations. I hope this file helps you to find any bugs, or to build anything you might need. Have phun!!! X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X Another file downloaded from: NIRVANAnet(tm) & the Temple of the Screaming Electron Jeff Hunter 510-935-5845 Burn This Flag Zardoz 408-363-9766 realitycheck Poindexter Fortran 510-527-1662 My Dog Bit Jesus Suzanne d'Fault 510-658-8078 New Dork Sublime Demented Pimiento 415-864-DORK The Shrine Tom Joseph 408-747-0778 "Raw Data for Raw Nerves" X-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-X