Comments on: The 212-796-0735 mystery http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:55:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: The Mystery Of Spy Numbers at TAMPA PIRATEhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-33539 The Mystery Of Spy Numbers at TAMPA PIRATE Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:26:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-33539 [...] You can hear the actual audio and about the other phone numbers On Homeland Stupidity’s blogHERE. [...] [...] You can hear the actual audio and about the other phone numbers On Homeland Stupidity’s blogHERE. [...]

]]> By: itjournalist.com » Blog Archive » Guardian article on rise in spamhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-20820 itjournalist.com » Blog Archive » Guardian article on rise in spam Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:02:03 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-20820 [...] Talking of number stations, have you heard about the Craiglist number station hoax? There’s an interesting blog post on it here, and Emmanuel Goldstein interviewed the guys responsible on Off The Hook (MP3 file here). I listen to OTH fairly regularly (they podcast) and it’s a fun show if you have geeky tendencies. [...] [...] Talking of number stations, have you heard about the Craiglist number station hoax? There’s an interesting blog post on it here, and Emmanuel Goldstein interviewed the guys responsible on Off The Hook (MP3 file here). I listen to OTH fairly regularly (they podcast) and it’s a fun show if you have geeky tendencies. [...]

]]> By: Tech Industry » The 212-796-0735 mysteryhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-15803 Tech Industry » The 212-796-0735 mystery Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:47:51 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-15803 [...] “On or around May 8, a personal ad appeared on the Internet classified ad site Craigslist (It has since been removed). It â??s a head scratcher to keep you National Security Agency analysts occupied in your spare time. Each block of numbers is repeated twice; but below I have transcribed them only once for clarity.”read more | digg story [...] [...] “On or around May 8, a personal ad appeared on the Internet classified ad site Craigslist (It has since been removed). It â??s a head scratcher to keep you National Security Agency analysts occupied in your spare time. Each block of numbers is repeated twice; but below I have transcribed them only once for clarity.”read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Quartz City » Numbers stations via telephonehttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-14786 Quartz City » Numbers stations via telephone Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:27:05 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-14786 [...] A mp3 of the call can be found here and here. Like Homeland Stupidity, I was tipped off to the number via 2600’s Off The Hook and the resulting army of telco hackers and phreakers tracked down the number to a pre-paid VoIP account from RNK Telecom (which has now been drained). The hacker army has also tracked down a second numbers phone, this time in the 415 area code. [...] [...] A mp3 of the call can be found here and here. Like Homeland Stupidity, I was tipped off to the number via 2600’s Off The Hook and the resulting army of telco hackers and phreakers tracked down the number to a pre-paid VoIP account from RNK Telecom (which has now been drained). The hacker army has also tracked down a second numbers phone, this time in the 415 area code. [...]

]]> By: Smith Data Processing Services » Blog Archive » links for 2006-07-23http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-13387 Smith Data Processing Services » Blog Archive » links for 2006-07-23 Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:18:22 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-13387 [...] The 212-796-0735 mystery - Homeland Stupidity (tags: phone number stations) [...] [...] The 212-796-0735 mystery – Homeland Stupidity (tags: phone number stations) [...]

]]> By: SecondAgenda : For Mein Frauleinhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-13030 SecondAgenda : For Mein Fraulein Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:15:39 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-13030 [...] Subject: For mein fraulein - New York (Manhattan), New York # 212-796-0735 - Telecom Provider: RNK Telecom CL Message + VoIP Transcript: [...] [...] Subject: For mein fraulein – New York (Manhattan), New York # 212-796-0735 – Telecom Provider: RNK Telecom CL Message + VoIP Transcript: [...]

]]> By: Fourth phone numbers station: 501-588-1015 - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12682 Fourth phone numbers station: 501-588-1015 - Homeland Stupidity Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:16:06 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12682 [...] This latest message is sure to help the amateur cryptanalysts still busy working on the other three messages. (212-796-0735, 415-704-0402, 678-248-2352) [...] [...] This latest message is sure to help the amateur cryptanalysts still busy working on the other three messages. (212-796-0735, 415-704-0402, 678-248-2352) [...]

]]> By: genericface blog » Cryptoanalysts Neededhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12230 genericface blog » Cryptoanalysts Needed Thu, 22 Jun 2006 04:22:21 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12230 [...] I’ve been keeping track of this for awhile, but thought it would be interesting to post. Over the past few weeks there have been personal ads appearing on Craigslist.org to “Mein Fraulin” (means beautiful wife in German). What follows is a series of numbers which turn out to be a phone number. When the number is called a computer generated voice spits out a series of numbers (a few hundred). So far there have been 4 messages. [...] [...] I’ve been keeping track of this for awhile, but thought it would be interesting to post. Over the past few weeks there have been personal ads appearing on Craigslist.org to “Mein Fraulin” (means beautiful wife in German). What follows is a series of numbers which turn out to be a phone number. When the number is called a computer generated voice spits out a series of numbers (a few hundred). So far there have been 4 messages. [...]

]]> By: Fourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12178 Fourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 - Homeland Stupidity Wed, 21 Jun 2006 04:29:24 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12178 [...] Phone Numbers Stations The 212-796-0735 mysteryAnother phone numbers station: 415-704-0402Third phone numbers station: 678-248-2352Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stationsFourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 [...] [...] Phone Numbers Stations The 212-796-0735 mysteryAnother phone numbers station: 415-704-0402Third phone numbers station: 678-248-2352Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stationsFourth phone numbers station: 617-848-1172 [...]

]]> By: Weekend DVD Round Up » Technology, Blogging and Politicshttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12113 Weekend DVD Round Up » Technology, Blogging and Politics Tue, 20 Jun 2006 01:38:11 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-12113 [...] Lost Season 1: Episodes 1-4 Okay, I can see why people are addicted to this show. Lot’s of suspense, thrillerdom and spookiness. After reading the ongoing commentary about the Numbers Stations over at Homeland Stupidity (I summarized all the posts at The Not So Free State), I had to watch Lost to find out about the coded messages from the French Woman recording that had been playing non-stop for 16 years. Rememeber, we’re only on Episode 4. Don’t ruin it for me. [...] [...] Lost Season 1: Episodes 1-4 Okay, I can see why people are addicted to this show. Lot’s of suspense, thrillerdom and spookiness. After reading the ongoing commentary about the Numbers Stations over at Homeland Stupidity (I summarized all the posts at The Not So Free State), I had to watch Lost to find out about the coded messages from the French Woman recording that had been playing non-stop for 16 years. Rememeber, we’re only on Episode 4. Don’t ruin it for me. [...]

]]> By: Michael Hamptonhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11952 Michael Hampton Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:33:53 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11952 I'm closing comments here as I've opened a <a href="http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/06/16/cryptanalysis-of-phone-numbers-stations/">cryptanalysis</a> thread with (I hope) a good summary of what's known so far. I’m closing comments here as I’ve opened a cryptanalysis thread with (I hope) a good summary of what’s known so far.

]]> By: Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stations - Homeland Stupidityhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11948 Cryptanalysis of phone numbers stations - Homeland Stupidity Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:28:34 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11948 [...] If you haven’t seen or heard the actual messages yet, much of this won’t make sense, so you should probably go get copies of all three before reading: 212-796-0735, 415-704-0402, 678-248-2352. [...] [...] If you haven’t seen or heard the actual messages yet, much of this won’t make sense, so you should probably go get copies of all three before reading: 212-796-0735, 415-704-0402, 678-248-2352. [...]

]]> By: FORT90.comhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11877 FORT90.com Thu, 15 Jun 2006 16:12:44 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11877 [...] Thus far, there’s been three messages, and lots of people, mostly crazy hacker types and conspiracy theorists, are all having a field day trying to crack the code. You can find information, as well as mp3 for the first message here, the second message here, and the third right here. [...] [...] Thus far, there’s been three messages, and lots of people, mostly crazy hacker types and conspiracy theorists, are all having a field day trying to crack the code. You can find information, as well as mp3 for the first message here, the second message here, and the third right here. [...]

]]> By: Brandonhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11771 Brandon Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11771 Anyone think its a combonation of codes , that the last message in the string will unlock the whole series? Anyone think its a combonation of codes , that the last message in the string will unlock the whole series?

]]> By: ipdbhttp://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11755 ipdb Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:01:46 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/05/31/the-212-796-0735-mystery/#comment-11755 If these were representations of 18-bit values the range would be larger.A 16-bit (unsigned) number would have an range of 0-65535.Every second value in this instance would cover the 0-255 range in a much more distributed manner than it has from what we've seen.If it were an 18-bit number, we'd have to shift 2 bits... and then... the number ranges and apparent randomness would be much greater than the identifiable patterns we've observed.Simply based on the numbers, it's unlikely that these are anything above a 7-bit representation. And even that... is probably irrelevant too!! If these were representations of 18-bit values the range would be larger.

A 16-bit (unsigned) number would have an range of 0-65535.

Every second value in this instance would cover the 0-255 range in a much more distributed manner than it has from what we’ve seen.

If it were an 18-bit number, we’d have to shift 2 bits… and then… the number ranges and apparent randomness would be much greater than the identifiable patterns we’ve observed.

Simply based on the numbers, it’s unlikely that these are anything above a 7-bit representation. And even that… is probably irrelevant too!!

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