TAP No. 67 - TAP's 10th Anniversary, Picking Mushroom-Pin Locks

Turnstiles pick up small Russian change Whe says the nickel subway ride has gone the way of the five-cent elgar? Certainly not the Russians. ‘The friendly folks who brought you vodka, caviar and the 1999 Olympics now bring back the five-cent New ‘York City subway ride—and threaten to turn the rush ‘hour into he Russian hour. ‘The explanation is simple: The Soviet three-kopek coln, worth roughly a nickel, works perfectly in the subway turnstiles. It's the same size as the @¢-cent token, although the token is a bit heavier. “Oh, no,” Transh Authority spokesman Susan Gilbert sighed, adding that the authority Isn't the least bit interested in bringing back the nickel fare—even Rus- lan style—“unless we get subsidized.” But the three-kopek plece still may not be a bargata. TAP RAP by TOM EDISON And they say good things don't last! Congradulations TAP! It was ten years ago that Al Bell and Abbie Hoffman founded the Youth International Party Line or YIPL. They were at the 971 May 1st anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. passing out leaflets asking people to join the Yippie movement. Thousands of leaflets were distributed and about one hundred people responded. The first issue of YIPL came out on June 1st, 1971. And the rest is history. There have been several name changes. YIPL changed to the Technological American Party or TAP in August of 1973 and in September of 1979 TAP became the Technological Assistance Program. There have been several editors: Al Bell & Abbie Hoffman in 1971; Al Bell & R. Systat from 1972 to 1975; Al Bell, Jim Phelps, & Tom Edison from 1975 to 1977; and Tom Edison from 1977 to the present. There have also been many good friends that have helped work on TAP over the years. I would be remiss in my duties as Editor-in-Chief of TAP if I did not thank them on our 10th anniversary. They are: Cheshire Catalyst, Dave Bowman, Jim Phelps, the Magician, the Wizard, Ted Vail, Number 6, Agent MDA, Oz Mandias, Joe Greyhound, Al Mundy, Al Token, Nickolai Testicle, Scotty, and last but certainly not least, Captain Crunch. Thanks guys! You're probably all wondering what the hell happened to the color double edition of TAP that was promised. Well, I guess you could say that the Postal Monopoly has struck again! The large increase in postage rates has eaten up our reserves and the extra costs for printing and mailing a color double edition could not be absorbed by TAP this time. TAP also recently got a printer which compliments our computer system. This means that now TAP can print up our mailing labels on time. You bulk subscribers can't tell but all you first class subscribers please note the May 1st post mark on your envelopes. As I stated in the past, TAP will now be mailed like clockwork on January Ist, May lst, and September ist. I would like to begin publishing on a monthly basis once again but that depends on YOU! I need more typed articles. TAP exists for the exchange and publication of interesting information that normally is not found anywhere else. It is my job as Editor to select the best submitted articles for publication. It is your job as a subscriber to write these articles. Don't complain to me if you didn't like an issue! I am not TAP! YOU ARE!!! All articles MUST by typed on a good typewriter using a five inch type column width. All submitted articles become the property of TAP and cannot be returned. And if you don't know what kind of articles we're looking for, you have no business reading TAP! High bidder on the last TAP copy of Abbie Hoffman's STEAL THIS BOOK was $20.00 by Bob from Waukon, IA. Congradulations! Our plans to publish THE BEST OF TAP have been temporarily shelved. We are still looking for a hip publisher. If anyone out there knows one, please get in touch with me. I have tried to bite my tongue for the last few issues and hold off complaining to you subscribers out since our operations have been streamlined by our computer, I must impress upon you the importance of PRINTING your name & address CLEARLY, including your mailing label or a copy of it whenever you write to us about your sub, and sending in the right amount of money. Insufficiant remittance will result in a pro-rated sub (You get only what you paid for). Please help us serve you! @ TAP Soviet coin (.), worth about a nickel, is same size ‘as 60-cent subway token and works in turnstile, hard to find here beeause the Sovict Union bans the -xport of its money. And one New Yerk coin dealer ls chureine & buck each for them—at least for now. MAY-sUN 1981 NO. 67 Picking Mushrooms By Al Mundy In this article, I will attempt to bestow upon the reader an additional piece of infinites- inal wisdom in the realm of technological know- ledge, I trust all of you TAP readers have been practicing your lock picking, because I wili dis- close in this article the method of picking 9 cylinder (lock) with mushroom drivers. A mushroom driver looks like the following, .also illustrated is a spool driver. Both of these top pins pre- form the same function. M I Mushroom Driver Spool Driver Corbin, Russwin, Abus, Walsaco, and American are sone of the locks that’contain mushroom pins. The Fox Police Lock Co. also uses a Russwin rim cylinder in its’ products. Yow on to the technique, When one is con- fronted with a lock of this nature, one should pick the lock ‘y first finding the bottom pin with the regular driver. There is usually only one regular ton pin in a lock that contains mush- room drivers. fut,the possibility exists that there may be more than one repular driver. While applying, tension on the tension wrench, one picks the pins in the lock until one picks the one bottom pin with the regular driver. When the bottom pin with the repular driver reaches the sheer line in the lock, the plug, will turn a fraction of a degree. ‘At this point, one knows that you will have to nick the remaining bottom pins with the mushroom drivers. To push the bottom vin up to the sheer line, one will have to gradually release tension on the tension wrench as you are pushiny; up on the bottom pin. As you are pushing un on the bottom pin, you will feel the plug begin to lose that fraction of a degree to which the plu: was turned. When the bottom pin has reached the sheer line, the plug will apain turn a fraction of a degree. This will con- tinue until all of the mushroom pins have been picked. #t this tine, the plug will be free to turn in the direction’in which you have applied tension via the wrench, One exception to this is two types of fairly new drivers which look as follows: uo One should note the bottom lip of the pins. One would pick these in the same manner. But, before the lock will open, one will have to release almost all tension on the wrench. This is because the bottom lip of the top pin is still in the plug preventing the lock from opening. While having almost no tension on the wrench, one will have to pick each bottom pin just a fraction more in order for the bottom pins to reach the sheer line, GOOD LUCK AND KEEP ON TRYINGIIITIQIQ00002200001 ar Se You Want. to Get A Phones by Bill Bell Yor those of you who still do not have a phone of your own I think I can help you. Firat off, flip through the white pages and find yourself a nice name. Then call the persom (for our example he will be Hr. John Dough) and say,"Mr. Dough, this is Mr. of the Bell Telephone pueiness office and we would like to know how many’ extensions you have im your house." If. they ask tell them itis for your records. Then, after writing down all the important. info, call your friendly neighborhood phone center store. Tell them that you are Mr. Dough and you wish to purchase an extension (or 2 or 3 or..) for your home. fell them to add the charge to your phone bill and even set a date for the lineman to come and add the line. Then say you will come down to the store to pick up the phone. If you are young say that your son will pick it up. Be sure to tell then exactly what kind of phone(s) you want. When you go to the phone center store it is most important to have all info like name, number, # of extensions, etc. as they may ask you a few questions when you get down there. Pick it up, take off, and never show your face in that store again. Done correctly you can acquire a whole fleet of phones. If you ever get questioned ‘by Ma Bell (not my mother) about info on your phone just go to a Radio Shack and copy down the info off the bottom of one of thier phones. If you are in your teons or just look sorta young you may have to get yourself a cheap, fake I.D. Ma Bell is stupid, so it con be a really crumay one. Listen, 37.00 is really cheap for a phone. (or 2 or 3 or 4...) Be cool, calm and careful and whatever you do have that info memorized. John Dough is not going to stammer or stall when asked his phone number. HAVE FUNIS FREE POSTAGE ‘by Bill Bell & Sam Junkins In addition to putting glue on a stamp, lowering the stamp, etc. Here is another way to mail something for free. Go to any place that} has non-profit bulk rate literature and pick yourself up a whole bunch of the stuff. Be sure only to get the envelopes, etc. that haven't ‘been addressed yet. These envelopes or what have you are the things that placen like musuems, schools, libraries, etc, send out. First type the address of the person: you are sending it to or very neatly print: it Then, write the letter on 1 ov 2‘sheets of paper and insert them inside the literature fold it a seal it with a single staple. Be sure your friend won't ‘throw your letter away as junk mail. Be sure not to send anything to TAP this way as it is illegal and we would not want to deprive our friend,the Post Office, any money that it bas coming to it, wet L ‘Burbank, you would go to the colt ice and fer te stamp on te leer could FX eas cancrct oe wonld pik 09 8 (omer. ter from Pasadena, Someone clase ‘mail, we've given everyone 2 0 ship owt.” dank ga check feoaghbeam sovemiraric | “ERAS wgatwciee, Seis wll oto {Hons onthe size and shape of the enve- tne Post Oifie service will improve?” ’ _elter and get i to your Aunt Flora, Topes, and stil the mail islate. Webave “If the ninedigt ZIP code does =0 ‘no choice bal to take sironger steps to ber people ap, we ave a cootingeney “That sounds like w great isa.” { the eysiem* plan thst wil change The entire Ay: “Hows that?” Uasted, tem" “What's hat?" 1 asked. ‘“Welave to make the customer real fast, be can take a taxi, If he isnt ise that when be mails a letter, behaxa rushed, be can take the bes or scbway, ‘reaponsibiity for getting It tothe otber or even walk it there. But our responsi- ‘end, He can no longer jst damp it 10 8 bility ends 23 soon 3 one of oUF em tad to abow for It were alower deliver- pase seoecoe In Losisvlle ts sending & fea, lat eters, and lower productivity. etter to someane io Calfornia, That So weve taken the next sep. The et- wouldn't work very well for him.” ‘Two new scans have been atteapted on us in the past couple aonths. We did not fall for either. Pol bell bill quite phony One is the fake letterhead deal by which one aske for sauples of our product with a promise of buying large quantities for gifts, sales incentives, etc. The firm name is usually very npryantvey gots even give en overaane Romo kay prqehng ers whe * . a ‘Bill for - branch address (1). It's easy to get letter~ 22t_s,telephene Bill for $1000 heads printed up. The fancier, the better. But when soneone asks for a sample of our products ani we are not familiar with the firm, we call the aa bell op ani see if thero 4s a phone listed for the outfit. If its a real biggie sounding firm we look hin up in at phone ealts to Russo's credit card vay ‘ber, he said last week. operate on such a small nargi time than we have soney. I'm sure this scam would work with most big companies to whom you wrote. Even if they didn't give you samples, they would probably hem and Bill you. ‘Ihe other scam involves fake checks, I don't know how one gets the checks unless he gets samples from a bank stationery printer. We have received what lock like legitinate checks but when they are presented there 4s no record of the person or the account. Apparently’ the con artist has someone imprint his fake nane ani sone ‘computer’ numbers on the checks. Being an“old quasi- expert at crypto we have been able to “gee through’ many of the fictitious nanes. Sone are #0 dunb as to spell their nanes Moa backuars even when they dont make, sense. tg feet Suih Nowe of erey i ‘ One con from ‘the west coast uses the naze wasn't the amout is rather the way In which Nosreirf and Adnaw. Turned out to be Fe eS cae Eee Larter is laved Varta An Friereon aml she didn't fool ey tbe awarded us. She must be a beginner at this! If sure no TAP reader would attempt while he said he waited on several occasions for New one of these scans; this info is given oO in Yh sen cauit’ so you can catch anyone who tries to (Court seing ty hn own Lawyer lass Tuk muse pull one of then on e John McCols ruled in you, ile up Bt tor his favor and ordered Ma Bell Jailhouse stoned was he culpril, (A phone company spokesman suid an eppedl 1s lated tn hs bref Ghat a ywiehi decision, ‘open “Pandora's ben. Is 4 YY <%, . < = 4 SUPER DUPER SN@@PER LIGHT Sa By The Magician. TH BRUSSELS. Belglom — The last tune anyone coud. tere, were 138 In issue 29 of TAP you were shown how to ce ae ee erecta re construct a "Snoop Light” which lit to tell you emarkstle number lo & country where if someone picked up an extension phone to listen Te ee wont Bet, in on your phone conversation. Tt also lit if « PS nosey neighbor picked up a phone on a party line Sirwaven” Frame Grootjana, & to Tisten in on you, Some companys are now marketing wecvanie tegilaiar, comptsiaed Go this type of Snoop Light calling it "Phone Guard", as Aegaize among other names for 50+ dollar: trees ‘The following is a much improved version of vere. the original Snoop Light. It offers several nail advantages in that it is independently powered , vate 4 and presents a high impedance to the phone line or, ave thus making it virtually undectable by Pa Bell. of oer It will also indicate the presence of not just one, vate radio mations but two extensions being picked up (or party line ‘oxalate in wamarked bores Ad extensions) to listen to your conversation. (You tien — cart away al the equlpenest must really be talking about somthing interesting?) See pcan tiprodicg tendency This version of the Snoop Light also lends itself ‘24 dhe political level in this country to to be modified to work on “Black Box" calls! legals ihe (ree raion a Technical Notes: LED 3 will glow when power Frey Wack, explaining tbe men is turned on (Via DPST switch). If it gets weak end tothe rade. . then the battery (9 volt transistor radio battery) in Sinan the governement eppareedly should be replaced. The unit should be left tort hes cates op tonal ate t- switched off when not in use. faa econ ie mening, at The 12K resistor and 39K resistor (Marked Lees with asterisks in schematic) are the average values arene axaieg of ewe to make the Snoop Light operate on most phone line "Today, police will act only if a sta- volta: If the device fails to work on your tee crene, and elven eficers i line, adjust their values accordingly. NOTE: By Bly will ask sation operators to adjost greatly lowering the two resistor values, this (tr tranmaitters oF wwe anotber tre- Snoop Light should work on “Black Box" calls! wa (To Let you know if someone picks up an extension eccomepornd Str brs sn and causes the call to be billed.) This has not than In Bremels a city of aboat 11 mi- yet been done and if any readers experiment doing ‘om, are at as count 30 peat ity ebigase send me your results via TAP and I will erstty ca cowt write an update. Also please note that the polarit; Cat ee Of hooking the device to the phone line must be’ 1 aay os Pics and Prev two et observed ( + is tip, - is ring usually). when Sua languages Betgian. Al lous two someone picks up the first extension, LED 1 will light, When someone picks up the second extension, LED 2 will light. PLEASE NOTE: Contrary to advertised claims of commercial Snoop Lights, they will not detect ALL types of taps on your phone line! Only extension type bugging is detected. If Pa Bell is tapping you (Er. excuse me, "Monitoring for quality of sevice") chances are they are using techniques that are undectable by Snoop Lights. Send any questions, comments etc. to: ‘THE MAGICIAN C/O TAP Screw The IRS! Line Ovserve Polarity | 2 il ii Fa3 Li | it Be if {he poll showed. Asks State to cea NEE, Yor, Stat, rut Bay trom New Yark Telephone Ce. under Legiistion prepaced hy Asseshiyrass ‘dereg Nadler ndest equteah Gnirioiors Site the ‘iste ould cal ty 30%. tes ‘uphong il, eb amauta iifen Test yuar, by Wopieg fs euulpect REALITY. SANDWICHES vy. "phe Search for the ‘..2nchurian Candidate™ Oz Y. Mandias (John isarks,Tines Books,NYC)is the fascinating put chilling story of the CIA's attenp$s to enslave the mind through drugs 2nd a host of fafafafafafafaffafafa better, Runrunrunrun bizarre behavioural control techniques. The runrunrun a away! Nano-mano from your favourite ete “oral hankrurtey of those in rower and Acid~etched psycho-killer, hoping you have all their death scientist partners. The sick society had a nice drugged-out, decenerate sunner, I'm at ite sickests back once acain with another "something for "Overthrow" (see the ad sheet insert), forverly everyone" column, So get down, hang loose, stay the "Yipster Tines" is the alternative mouth- cool and forgive the corny style. riece of the Yippies, It covers nat'l and inter- AjlMiundy Dept, You know those cylindtical combin- at aie duck ohcineg the mus) Have/punk imgene! ation bike locks with the rotating rings of nos? ben ene ae “eday “a, matical) feu ineBa Some cheap models are very common and ‘really easy rst out credit card code h the ne to pick, having been made with horrendous toler- ayaey Vie ave an unders: mix sectior ances. Grasp the lock's tody and pull on the Suser tastier AT Gomme ren gieea Geke other end, which pulls out with the right comb. I hate people when they*re not polite. Ap atly If all the numbers are set wrong, when you rull Eee pea iter ner oe Boe ccovea everstine they will all nove slightly in the direction you Bee erenueed Te used if TAD’ these aavoluted ull, Now to pick the lock, rotate one number Sonwoled © are togcretinous to realize the absur- preferably the one closest to the end youtre ite ot mespecting: th tea asd Hind pulling)until it sto-s ‘moving when you rull on ans Se Des erael Po ae F asintart the end. It is now set correctly. Repeat with an obscenity. A! kaze radical J..!2loney the remaining nunters & presto! It's oren. Any- wrote hefore offins sone rorkers recently: "To one can master th imple techni ue after a thoce who do not know th © on *ire, 5 little rractice and in such locks in as little have aething to éay."He died for whet he. believed as 15 seconds. Nati roe Fuck Nat'l Security! I leased that songone Shee Pook the tine to resnond to ny rezuest in #57 and eter on sent in the A-homb rlans rrinted in "Take Over," a liadison, Wise, alternative paper. Thanks! I also nave the THC-79 hand-out “"Thermonuc. =x>1os out all you ‘ood source list- ings/crogranmes for ovr collective alzorithni enlightenrent/enter ment. Sver played 3. He cet ees onesie agi ss or DUNGSUN? Fascin ! I know that a lot of nterested parties can write me f 21 zecholes when it cones 9 Aprarently there were sone other plans sold at ree ato Seen CHOUE LURREAES the Con too, but being at a Stones concert at ie for once--you dig? — . the time(heh,heh)I didn't get tem, Send in your Endpiece The mass trancit systmes in Ontario have plans! me rosted inforiing us sheep that their orer~ Give me Libriun,or Give ne Meth? Heard about one ation ig financially aided hy the Govt, A friend T-shirt with the inscraéptions "God ‘ade marij- ee ote aden GLEN ch WHISK BoNeone had’ crosead warn pen mole the ee a oo ay trusts out "Governnent" and written in "People." The great ects all y ‘i words of the Frophet. afficionados. Cut one fresh dinner roll in # and wands fe Sear arr the 2 halves with butter, Srrinkle over 0s, signing ofr. the hutter about a joint's worth of finely broken " Say dt once, why cay it anain???? Fast Lane, this has been up "Lonbo(or whatever). Slap tne 2 halves tozet= her and pop it into a ricrovave oven for 2 nin, . tf Spread with strawherry ja1,e.7+) and enjoy, In an hour or two you will ve inere thly buzzed, ry it Bell Tel’s phone cut o. _-ANYONE WHO THINKS clyoutll like it, but be sure not to overindulre — WASHINGTON—Themammoth three-year governmentantitrust | “WTALK IS CHEAP” or you'll he sorry. case against AT&T was put on hold briefly last month — because T see For those into ex-lorinz the landrenses of the phone company forgot to pay its phone bill. Itseems that AT&T \ HASN'T SE@N My the “ind lesally, check ont wature's Herb Cos, ‘set up an office in the Justice Department building to look over PHONE BILL 241 Llis Sty, 2eFs,C2lif.,24102, Kava kava, ‘government documents in the case, but failed to pay the May office yohinbe and other exotic mind candy are available telephone ill tothe Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. C&P ly and with reliable service. ‘Telephone sent out a warning bil calling on its parent company to “ome Workshop Guns for Defense and Resist- pay 448.08 Thematter was eventually resolved and phone service Is ance Vol. 1: The Submachine Gun," by Bill Holmes, nownormal ig available fron Faladin or Loonpanics gor about 36 and is a complete guide to SMG ppominustion with a minimum of tools and materials, Perfec for those so inclined. TAP PENS che Message From Within. To help commemorate the 10th anniversary of TAP -Bill Bell and to help us absorb the recent outragious Postal ss lere's one phrenk who really knows | Monopoly rate hikes,TAP is now offering the ultimate in writing gear, the TAP pen. Be the how to get at Bel Tel from within. Between first one in your circle of rip-off artists to etines ” yep ww: 7 sign their rubber checks with the TAP pen. The TAP PiStinke( tor: Iuchs Company” Sud “ERYE pens come with gold embossed TAP - 10th cian's Optical Service,” the Saint August- Anniversary 1971-1981 on the barrel and a cap. Buy Plori i a few to help me keep our costs down. Only $.50 ine, Florida telephone directory lists Desk” dena cule chame. oe Weeay aoaer © the following subscriber: TAP, Room 603, 147 W.42 St.,New York, N.Y. 10036. 55 Fi “F "“Phuchurselve Mahbelle, State Rd, 207." wi oe cay aed TAP, Room 603. 147 W. 42 St., NY 19036 | vsrsmc ues ey = “Que sruay shows that we can cvt the bureaucracy significantly by reducing the number of studied on how to cut down on it."