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http://www.hackershomepage.com/

Go to this site and look on the left for links to various sections of their catalog.  Some of the products for sale on here look too good to be true so it may be a scam.  If anyone orders anything from here and actually gets it, let us know.  Examples:  the Highway Hacking section contains item 417: STOP PHOTOGRAPHING ME! This product makes it impossible for a video or still camera to take a legible photograph of your license plate number. However, your license plate still remains available for ordinary viewing by the police, other drivers, etc.

The Phone Phreaking section contains item 107: CALLER ID SPOOFER This device defeats Caller ID by sending a different phone number to the Caller ID box then the number you are calling from. The phone number displayed on their Caller ID box can be a number of your choosing.  WebSkulker just doesn't think this is possible.  Caller ID boxes are supposed to listen for a burst of data in between the first and second rings of a call.  At that point, there is no audio path between the calling and the called parties so there can't be any way to hack a false signal to the caller ID box.

There are hundreds of other items, many in kit form, with intriguing descriptions.  Even if this site is a scam, it's fun to read as fiction.

http://www.ureach.com

Speaking of caller ID: when you call an 800, 888, or 877 number, the receiving end can get your phone number whether or not you block caller ID through a mechanism called "ANI", or Automatic Number Identification.  Now you can be on the receiving end and get people's phone numbers when they leave a message on your free Ureach toll-free number.  Yes, Ureach will give you, totally free, an 877 number which will be answered in your voice and will accept voice mail and faxes.  Their server will notify you by email and/or ICQ that you have a message, then you go to their web site to listen to the message or read the fax.  The phone number of the caller will be shown next to the message, whether they block or not.  You can also call your own Ureach number, press in a PIN, and listen to your voicemail messages including a readout of the callers phone number.  One cute touch: you can tell Ureach a phone number that you will use to dial into their system.  When their system recognizes that number by its ANI, you will get logged in automatically without having to enter your PIN.

But wait, there's more: when you dial into your 877 number, you can have Ureach check your email box and read your email messages to you with a voice synthesizer!  You can also build a directory of phone numbers and an appointment calendar on their web page, then look up this information via touchtone and voice response through your 877 number.

The catch: there is a limit of 30 free minutes per month of calls to the 877 number, and this includes callers leaving you messages and you dialing in with your PIN.  At the moment, they will give you more minutes free if you fill out a feedback form and beg; in the future they may charge for any minutes over 30.

Idea: at least two of our jr. skulkers are overseas.  Get yourselves a Ureach number and your friends in the U.S. will be able to leave voicemail and faxes for you, which you can pick up for free from the web site.

http://www.thatweb.com

http://www.mailstart.com

Either of these two sites is the easiest way that WebSkulker knows of to read your POP3 email from any web browser you find while traveling, whether in an Internet cafe, library, or friend's machine.  Simply go to either of these sites and type in your email address and password.  If they are able to contact your POP3 server, then you will get a screen listing the email currently in your box.  Click on a message header to read the text of the message.  You can reply or compose a new message, and it will appear as though your message came from your home email program (except for a small ad for the site as a footer).

http://www.hecklers.com/simshatner/simshatner.html

Click on this link and you will get a flash animation simulating Captain Kirk on the deck of the Enterprise with a bunch of colored blocks below (you may have to install the flash player first).  Push the blocks to see the cartoon figure go through the entire range of Mr. Shatner's acting ability and speak common Star Trek phrases.  Press a sequence of blocks to author your own episode!

Proposed bumper stickers for National Condom Week:

1. COVER YOUR STUMP BEFORE U HUMP

14. WHEN YOU TAKE OFF HER PANTS AND BLOUSE, ZIP UP YOUR TROUSER-MOUSE

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