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- inactive, on 05/05/2008, -4/+46This is why I put marbles in my mouth when I talk on the phone.
- toxicityj, on 05/05/2008, -0/+37brilliant! Unless they have marbles in their ears. then they'll hear everything.
- lynx44, on 05/05/2008, -0/+23I don't remember the last time I used a landline. Heck, I don't remember the last time I said anything of importance on the phone.
- jboettcher, on 05/05/2008, -0/+22128-bit key requires trillions of years for all the computers in the world to crack?? whoa.
- david76, on 05/05/2008, -1/+16Soooo, you mean creating a beige box isn't particularly difficult? No way!
- AMSRay, on 05/05/2008, -0/+12This guy was hard-core. His own private trunk lines connected to the phone company from his "undocumentd wiring closet? He must have had some high-ranking help in the phone company, not just some night-shift technicians. They probably found his services very useful and easy to deny knowledge of.
- sodoh, on 05/05/2008, -0/+12Intresting to read that while the encryption was top notch how he used it was like a rookie. I mean your sons name as a password and embedding passwords into the applications!!
128bit time frame they mention is probably for bruteforce attacks. Most dictionary based attacks can take down passwords in a fraction of that time. - inactive, on 05/05/2008, -4/+14Uh, Oh! i hope bad guys are not going to use the information that i will purchase milk and bread tonight for their evil purpose.
- lonehunter01, on 05/05/2008, -0/+9Why do people do that?
- DataPath, on 05/05/2008, -1/+10Unless you can find a shortcut. Which they usually do, eventually. In much less than trillions of years, too.
- Murdats, on 05/05/2008, -0/+9vote for clinton or sign their name thats clearly above their post?
I find either baffling. - IphtashuFitz, on 05/05/2008, -0/+8Money talks, and a PI used by Hollywood elite is bound to be making buckets of it. All he'd have to do is fine some low payed telephone technician willing to do a little freelance work on the side, no question asked. Hell, with a little bit of effort he could probably find a half a dozen FORMER telco employees who would still have the necessary access and be willing to set this sort of thing up for him for the right price.
- dafunkmonster, on 05/05/2008, -1/+7Child's play. I wanna see him wiretap a specific SIM card wirelessly
- PabloMac, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5He claimed he can't, but I bet he can.
- jinky32, on 05/05/2008, -0/+5scary stuff
- RetroRufio, on 05/05/2008, -1/+6"Damn wiretapping, you scary!"
- hollyminkowski, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4Serpent and AES are great encryption algorithms but I like RC4 because it is so simple to implement. As long as care is exercised in its use I doubt that RC4 can be broken in any reasonable length of time. You can find a description of RC4 in "Applied Cryptography" or here http://ciphersaber.gurus.com/
- ADA531, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4That's why you're about to be made. Congratulations.
- webcrumb, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4Depends if they want to get into your house without you knowing...
- dafunkmonster, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4Shhhh...I don't want my wiretapping service to go out of business...
- thcobbs, on 05/05/2008, -0/+4"I don't remember the last time I used a landline."
Every phone call made uses a land line at some point. - Kennerk, on 05/05/2008, -1/+4reminds me of the weird al video Smells like Nirvana.. haha
- j.carcinogen, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3The NSA program 'Echelon' was started under Clinton. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON
- thcobbs, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3if you use a word from the dictionary that is.
- Cytranic, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2VOIP + VPN = Problem Solved
- thcobbs, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Because the comment is so ludicrous, he commented it out.
- cjacks9, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Everything is easier in California. And yeah, the lack of cell phone tapping may be a glaring oversight, but it appears he's been doing this since this 90s, early 2000s at the latest. Back then, everyone wasn't born with a cell phone stapled to their hands. So, you stick with what you know. Especially if it's still lucrative.
Booo for using crappy passwords. - thcobbs, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2gotta love that someone for anyone other than Obama is a troll.
- stasis88, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2There is actually a lot of security flaws in wired phone networks, anyone who has done any work with them will know. One thing I remember that troubled me was when I was contracted to do the startup/build of a major US department store's distribution center/warehouse. In the DMARK of the facility I was amazed to find out that other neighboring companies facilities phone lines were actually ran and terminated in the retailers DMARK. I was testing some lines when I noticed a voice call which I could listen to when none of the wiring was complete for this building. I was wondering how that could be so I asked the Verizon tech when he came. He said that it is pretty common practice to run one large multiple pair cable from one building to another. The lines from other companies were daisy chained through the building, as well as the lines for the company I was working for were going to other near by buildings. I can not see any reason for this other then the phone company trying to save some money on wiring. I could easily listen to people's phone calls from other buildings with a simple probe tool available at many stores such as Home Depot. I could have easily recorded these conversations as well. This is particular troubling because there are other neighboring department store warehouses which would definitely be direct competition to this company. The DMARK was located in a secured room however it was accessible with a 4 digit code which many people with the company, Verizon and other companies such as power and fire sprinklers had access to. I am sure I could still access this room many years later...
- HonoredMule, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2The site responds to browsers that are blocking cookies by demanding a member sign-in or sign-up. It's only /kind of/ a jackass move, which is why I don't mass bury NYT articles, but I won't digg them either.
- david76, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2BEIGE box... Not brown...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beige_box_(phreaking) - pault107, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Don't feed the troll:
http://zuubu.runhost.net/?username=VacaN&selectedt ... - Dokument, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1La Sssaarah
- swicken, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2Yeah I know, they might hear me talk to my friend about going to see Iron Man. I'm scared.
- thinman1189, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1You are such a ***** troll, please leave digg immediately.
- inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1That's the reason for the "BACK DOOR".
BTW if quantum computing is truly adiabatic then a brute force attack seems possible, when and if such computing becomes possible. - swicken, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1:O You found me out. The government should hire you!
- inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Few marbles in the head and you just don't care...
- YodaJones, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1He was a blabber-mouthed moron. There is no place in the code of silence for egotism.
- inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1LOL, what do you mean, if?
- m0bilitee, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1The basic wire tap he did is what you do with a linemans handset on a standard POTS line. The physical security is what matters when dealing with analog. You can make your own by buying a cheap phone and replacing the RJ-11 jack with a pair of alligator clips, just use the inside two wires. This is not rocket science in terms of technology. If the wiring hut is not secured physically or you can get a key like this guy did it's simple to do. They have to run the wires to the houses SOMEHOW. :-)
- Cerebron, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2"Iron Man" Is Al Jeheem Zir Quari's code name, and he's a wanted terrorist, so now you are *****. The NSA wants to know about this 'repulsor' ray you say he has.
- sackU, on 05/05/2008, -2/+3Those aren't marbles
- UnstableMind, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1Please explain why you think quantum computing will allow this to be possible? Is it speed?
- sodoh, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Actually old dictionary attacks used to be like that, but the later ones are much more complex. Using replacement matching (eg. apple, Apple, 4ppl3, etc) and also scanning data on the machine looking for personal emails, documents, interests and adding further data to the dictionary.
- Abomonog, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1It went straight to a login screen. :(
- scattass, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2Its called a brown box or linemans headset. Just get a phone, cut off the end of the wire and put alligator clips on it.
- objectcode, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1you gonna buy cookies to go with that milk?
- web2pointblowme, on 05/05/2008, -1/+2That's why everyone should use encrypted VoIP.
- pigfister, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1ok then who am i going to bug???
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