Chris Miller

The cracker is a string of every possible combination of two or three digits that allows entry into most remote access answering machines. most answering machines manufactured today have a host of features including remote access. in most cases the features are pretty standardized. for instance * usually means skip the outgoing message and let me leave one of my own.

remote access answering machines usually wait for remote access codes during the greeting and recording phases, however some older models only allow remote access codes to be entered during the recording part if it has remote access at all.

the cracker will not work on VMB systems. its power lies in the fact that the answering machine will allow you to keep entering the wrong numbers without stopping to tell you so. if the last three digits you entered were 000 and that is wrong nothing will happen. when you press a one next it will also take the last two digits so that it thinks you entered 001. if the code was 010 all that you would have to do is enter another zero after nothing had happened when you entered the 1. you will hear a beep telling you that you are in.

most machines wait and then either playback stored messages or run you through a menu of options. from here you can delete messages, change the outgoing message or just listen so that they wont know that their security has been compromised.

To use the cracker you have two choices, either enter it by hand everytime you want to crack a machine or store it on audio tape for later play back. doing it by hand has the benifit that you’ll know exactly where you are in the code when you get in so that next time you’ll already have the code. the problem is that this method takes a lot of time.

on tape the cracker is quick but you’ll need a dtmf decoder to determine what sequence actually opened the machine. if knowing the exact code isnt a high priority you could crack it every time or keep a note of the tapes counter for that particular machine. all of this is unessesary if its just a one time crack.

NEVER CRACK ANSWERING MACHINES
FROM YOUR HOME PHONE NUMBER

to make the cracker you will need a tape recorder, a high quality tape and a telephone pickup from radio shack (part #???-??? ) and a phone.

connect the telephone pickup to the phone. take the phone off hook and wait until the automated operator comes on saying “your call cannot be completed as dialed” then you will hear a series of loud tones. when all this is done, and it will only take a few minutes, the line should be silent.

now turn on the mute on your phone and start the recorder. enter the digits from the cracker chart for either the 2 or 3 digit cracker. remember the 3 digit one will open the 2 digit machines but it takes longer to use. when you are done stop the tape and label it. break the tabs on top to prevent anyone from copiing over it.

to use the cracker insert a pair of headphones into the headphone jack of your portable tape player and press play. the MF tones will usually only come out of one ear peice since the telephone pickup is a mono device. you can clip and discard the other earphone if you want.

hold the headphone to the mouthpeice of the telephone while you can hear a dial tone and press play. if when the digits start playing the dial tone doesnt go away your tones are to quiet. turn up the volume.

repeat the test until the dial tone dissapears when your tones are playing. this is to make sure your tones are loud enough to utilize the remote access function.

now all that needs to be done is to call the number of an answering machine and press play while holding the speaker to the mouthpeice of your telephone. remember to listen in as the machine may hang up after a while or you may break in and keep playing tones which could reformat the machine accidentally. if you hear a beep stop and wait. you can always go back later and try again.

3 Digit Cracker

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2 Digit Cracker

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(authors note: i ran a hotline called legalize crack using an at+t 1545 answering machine which had 4 seperate mail boxes. it was possible for almost any idiot to break in by hitting random numbers. why? there were always four different access codes and because of the multiple boxes you couldn’t use the 1-4 digits. this reduced the odds of gaining access from 1 in 10,000 to 4 in ??? .)

also 2 digit cracker can be spread out on the pocket tone dialer with the memory functions, be sure to overlap the sequence so as not to miss a digit combination.