Demon dialing
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demon-dialing-323-6852659
title:
Demon dialing
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In the computer hacking scene of the 1980s, demon dialing was a technique by which a computer was used to repeatedly dial a number in an attempt to gain access immediately after another user had hung up. The expansion of accessible internet service provider connectivity since that time has rendered the practice more or less obsolete. A similar technique was sometimes used to get the first call for prizes in radio "call-in" shows, thus leading to the adoption of random "fifth caller," "seventeent
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Use of computers to repeatedly enter telephone numbers; typically to hack into modems
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_dialing
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date modified:
2023-07-22T07:29:32Z
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