.____________________________________. ! ! ! the book of bioc ! ! ! ! a compiled phreaking tutorial ! !____________________________________! thanks to pirate trek systems how to be a real phreak in the phone phreak society there are certain values that exist in order to be a true phreak, these are best summed up by the magician: "many people think of phone phreaks as slime, out to rip off bell for all she is worth. nothing could be further from the truth! granted, there are some who get their kicks by making free calls; however, they are not true phone phreaks. real phone phreaks are 'telecommunications hobbyists' who experiment, play with and learn from the phone system. occasionaly this experimenting, and a need to communicate with other phreaks ( with- out going broke), leads to free calls. the free calls are but a small subset of a >true< phone phreaks activities. the ten commandments reprinted from tap issue #86. (tap, room 603, 147 w 42 street, new york, ny 10036. send a sase for their info sheet "what the hell is tap?" and tell them that bioc agent 003 told you about it.) the phone phreak's ten commandments i. box thou not over thine home telephone wires, for those who doest must surely bring the wrath of the chief special agent down upon thy heads. ii. speakest thou not of important matters over thine home tel- ephone wires, for to do so is to risk thine right of freedom. iii. use not thine own name when speaking to other phreaks, for that every third phreak is an fbi agent is well known. iv. let not overly many people know that thy be a phreak, as to do so is to use thine own self as a sacrificial lamb. v. if thou be in school, strive to get thin self good grades, for the authorities well know that scholars never break the law. vi. if thou workest, try to be a employee, and impressest thine boss with thine enthusiasm, for important employees are often saved by their own bosses. vii. storest thou not thine stolen goodes in thine own home, for those who do are surely non- believers in the bell system security forces, and are not long for this world. viii. attractest thou not the att- ention of the authorities, as the less noticable thou art, the better. ix. makest sure thine friends are instant amnesiacs and will not remember that thou have called illegally, for their cooperation with the authorities will surely lessen thine time for freedom on this earth. x. supportest thou tap, as it is thine newsletter, and without it, thy work will be far more limited. cn/a numbers customer name & address bureaus exist so that authorized bell employees may obtain the name & address of any customer in the bell system by giving the cn/a operator the customer's tel. # all customers are maintained on file including unlisted #'s. these bureaus have many uses for phreaks. here is how an employee might go about calling cn/a: "hi, this is john doe from the miami residental service center, can i have the customers name at (123) 555-1212." the employees usually use these for checking who belongs to a # that someone claimed they didn't call. if you sound cheery and natural the operator will never ask any questions. if you don't sound like a mature adult, don't use it! always practice first & so you don't screw up and make the operator suspicious. use name that sounds real, not your pirate name either! also say that you are fro a city that is far away from the one that you are calling. the cn/a number for the ny area & vicinity (212, 315, 516, 518, 607, 716, & 914) is>>>>>>>>>(518) 471-8111<<<<<< and is open during business hours. don't abuse it! fiber0ptic hell/napalm hqrs! (419)/878-hell(4355)