In phone phreaking, a beige box is a device used to illegally use another person's phone line. It is technically equivalent to a telephone company lineman's handset — a telephone fitted with alligator clips to attach it to a line. Beige boxes can be usually constructed with easily available materials, such as a simple corded telephone, a soldering iron, and a pair of alligator clips. Usually a switch is added in order to turn the microphone off, so as not to introduce excess noise into the line. Although it is generally not illegal to possess or construct a beige box, it is illegal to use them, because this violates wiretapping laws and the user is tampering with telephone company equipment. Instructions for constructing a beige box can be found in many places on the internet, as well as instructions on to make other phreaking boxes. Alternative beige boxes can also be built by connecting alligator clips to an RJ-11 jack. This method does not require modification of a telephone -- any kind of telephone can be used. The original Beige Box was created by The Exterminator and The Terminal Man in 1985. The term "Beige Boxing" has become the generic term for illegally connecting to a phone line. Phreaking is a slang term for the action of making a telephone system do something that it normally should not allow—in the words of one former practitioner, making the phone company bend over and grab its ankles. Sometimes, phreaking will be considered illegal, like in the act of toll... A linemans handset, also called a test set or a butt set, is typically a very durable one-piece telephone that integrates an earpiece, a mouthpiece, and a dialing interface (originally a rotary dial, but now more commonly, a 12-button DTMF keypad). ... A crocodile clip or alligator clip is a clip named for its resemblance to a crocodiles jaws. ... Telephone This article is about telephone technology. ... Using a soldering iron. ... Telephone tapping or Wire tapping/ Wiretapping (in US) describes the monitoring of telephone conversations by a third party, often by covert means. ... Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a subculture of people who study, experiment with, or exploit telephones, the telephone company, and systems connected to or composing the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for the purposes of hobby or utility. ... RJ-11 (Registered Jack 11) is a physical interface often used for terminating twisted pair type cables. ... This article is about the year. ...
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