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File: MORE ON TRASHING
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MORE ON TRASHING
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What to look for, how to act, where to go [2600 -- September 1984]
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by The Kid & Co. and The Shadow
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An inspection of you local Telco office trash receptacles can reveal a
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wealth of documents of great interest to a telecommunications hobbiest. The
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fone company doesn't expect anyone except maybe bums to paw through their
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refuge, and therefore often disposes some interesting materials. In all the
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installation we have investigated, the Company doesn't shred or incinerate
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anything. Most sites have their garbage in trash bags convenient for removal
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an leisurely inspection at home.
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A case in point. The authors of this article have been engaged in trashing
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for about three months, finding quite informative info, but when we escorted
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two phriends from the city on an expedition, we didn't know the most efficient
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methods. They came out of the boondocks of New Jersey to inspect the wealth
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of AT&T and Bell installations in the region. They were quite expert at
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trashing, having more experience in the art, so we merely watched an copied
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their technique.
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Our first hit of the night was of an AT&T Information Systems office
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building. We gathered a large mass of manuals and binders. Then we moved
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onward to hit AT&T Communcations, the local business office, our central
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office, and another Bell site. After a successful session, we decided to call
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it a night.
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We sorted the piles of garbage for things of merit. Our phriends gathered
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the majority of the really interesting items, but we salvaged several things of
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worth. This sorting session was con ducted in the center of town, to the
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amusement of passers-by. It was interesting to explain to friends that passed
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by what we were doing. We BS'ed an inquisitive young lady into thinking that
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we were a local group of Boy Scouts cleaning the area as a project for our
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Eagle Scout badge. Following the tendency of the masses to follow falsehoods,
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she complimented us on how clean the town looked, for she had been out of the
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country for the last couple of months. A couple of times we alsmost
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contradicted each other as everyone got into the flow of falsehoods.
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Numerous things of interest can be found in Bell trash. Ones that are of
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use to anyone are binders and notebooks with the Bell logo on them, good for
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impressing friends. Also, supplies of Bell letterhead are good for scaring
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phriends. Documents of more interest to phreaks can also be found. Cosmos
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printouts abound in any CO trash. In house telephone directories list
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employees of Bell, goot to try social engineering on. Manuals also have merit
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for the phreak. Maintenance reports, trunk outages reports, line reports,
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network control analysis (NCA), TSPS documents, and lists of abbreviations used
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by the fone company can be found. The latter is of great importance as it
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allows one to decipher the cryptic documents. Bell seems to love ridiculous
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and mysterious abbreviations and anacronyms.
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"Looking for Notebooks"
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The expert trasher must be willing to physically enter the dumpster. Only
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reaching in for easily obtainable objects misses heavy manuals that tend to
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sink to the bottom. Huge bulky printouts, directories, and obese manuals as
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well as binders settle out of reach. Also, once in the dumpster, inquisitive
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security can't see you.
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Speaking of security, what are the dangers of trashing? Well, we don't
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know, having never been caught at it. The basic fact which protects the
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trasher is the ludicrousness of someone stealing your garbage. Probably the
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most they can get you for is trespassing, and most of the time they'll probably
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just throw you off of the property. Good excuses for being around the dumpster
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are that you are passing through on a shortcut, that a ball or frisbee has
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flown in, or you are looking for notebooks for school.
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A good way to avoid unnecessary surveillance by Telco employees is to trash
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late at night, after most have gone home. Weekends, especially Sunday nights,
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leave the sites deserted, except for security or janitorial staff. Before
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starting on a trashing run, be sure to reconnoiter the area, and find out the
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schedule of garbage collection. That way you can hit the trash at the fullest
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and most profitable time.
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One thing that simplifies trashing runs is the use of a car. A car will
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allow one to hit trash sites farther afield, as well as assisting in the
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removal of bags and boxes of trash to sort at your leisure. Trash sorting
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really shouldn't be done on site as it increases the possible time for your
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discovery by security. Removing garbage by foot invites stares and limits the
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amount that can be removed. The car should drop off the trashers and return
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about a half hour later, depending on the amount of trash there. Before
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dropping them off, be sure to investigate if there is any trash in the first
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place for, as past experience has shown , they tend to get quite angered when
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they have spent the last hour staring at an empty trash container.
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The on-site trashers should be willng to hop into the dumpster. As we
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mentioned, this maximizes the amount of trash that can be reached. They should
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rip open any bags, shoving the uninteresting ones to the rear and botton of the
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container, while bringing new ones to the forefront. Boxes in the trash should
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be used to carry the documents into the trunk of the car for leisurely sorting.
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This should be done with a minimum of noise and light, if flashlights are to be
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used. The trasher shouldn't attempt to take the best stuff, just to grab as
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much as looks interesting.
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At the appointed time, the car should return and pick up the trashers.
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Boxes should be stuffed in the trunk as quickly as possible. Smell won't be
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much of a problem, as all you are taking are papers. Occasionally a bag of
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coffee grinds smells up the works, but you, at all costs, should avoid
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cafeteria dumpsters as the rotting food really reeks, and contains little of
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value to the telecommunications hobbiest.
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The car should then drive off to a safe and secluded spot to sort the
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trash. The location should be well lit and have another dumpster handy to
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throw the real trash out permanently. The valuable stuff should be take home
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and sorted according to type. By keeping all of the similar stuff together,
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patterns can be recognized. Here, abbreviation lists come in handy. The date
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and location where the trash is located helps to keep the junk organized.
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A carful inspection of local Telco trash receptables can be informative and
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fun. Any real phreak should find out at the least what the switching equipment
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for his/her/its area is. Proper trashing technique is gained by experience, so
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climb on in! Well, happy trashing and have a phree day.
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[Courtesy of BIOC Agent 003 & Sherwood Forest ][ -- (914) 359-1517]
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