Wiretap/Direct

This tutorial is basically a re-write of a previous tutorial on wiretapping. this tutorial is aimed at people who want to monitor/record phone conversations, but are too lazy to read a complicated diagram. Keeping this in mind, this method is not exactly *good* for the phone line, phones, tape recorder, etc. The pros and cons are listed below.

• PROS
  • Easy to make
  • Requires next-to-no technical knowlage
  • Made quickly
  • Cheap

• Cons
  • Not good for phone/phone line
  • Lowers phone volume on all ends
  • ILLEGAL AS HELL

Now, let's begin! First, let's gather the ingredients...

• 1x Tape recorder
• 1x Blank tape
• 1x Phone line
• 1x Headphone cable
• 1x Wirestippers/pocket knife/etc
• 1x Roll electrical tape
• 1x Scissors

Once you get these, it is time to begin.

First off, cut the headphones off of the headphone cable, so that the end you plug into the cd player/computer is left attached to the cable.

 +----------------Headphone Cable------------------+
 |                                                 |
 |-|=|===||+++++++++++++++++++++|| <-- cut off here|
 |                                                 |
 +-------------------------------------------------+

Second, Cut one of the phone jack off of the phone cable.

 +------------------Phone Cable--------------------+
 |                                                 |
 |-|=|===||+++++++++++++++++++++|| <-- cut off here|
 |                                                 |
 +-------------------------------------------------+

After this, strip about 5 inches of the phone cord from the end that does not have a phone jack. Thenstrip about 5 inches from the headphone cable (not the end with the headphone jack).

 +----------------Phone/Headphone------------------+
 | -------------------------------+====RED====     |
 | end with jack                  |                |
 | -------------------------------+===GREEN===     |
 |                                                 |
 | -------------------------------+====RED====     |
 | end with jack                  |===WHITE===     |
 | -------------------------------+===GREEN===     |
 |                                                 |
 +-------------------------------------------------+