                         [PEN REGISTERING AND TRACING]
                                 [WRITTEN BY:]
                               [FOREST  RANGER]
        
     Pen registering is a special device used by AT&T. This device
deciphers the tones used when phreaking phone calls. This means that
each tone key pressed is deciphered if you had a pen register on your
line or were being traced with a pen register, every phone number you
dialed would be known. That means every time you would phreak a
number not only would the access number be recorded, but the code
being used and where you called to! So if you know you have a pen
register on your line then I would advise you not to phreak!
        
     Tracing - the FBI does not trace,the police do not trace. The
phone co.  traces. If the FBI wants a trace on your line they simply
call the phone co.  The fbi does not sit up all night to listen in on
your phone. They don't trace for years or 6 months, but just for a
few days at a time if at all. The police traces the same way. It
costs too much money to trace all the computer phreak- ers and
hackers, so they merely pick on a select few. So tracing isn't as
dangerous as it seems! The people that tell you different have been
watching too many late night films! So don't get too paranoid if you
think you are being traced due to the facts mentioned above!
        
        
        FOREST RANGER

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