If you were to wardial today.... reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- s1500 · 2020-01-09 15:36 If I were to get something setup, say Tone Loc and do a ton of wardialing, in 2020, what would I get? Would I get just as many modems answering as I did in the 90s, or less, or more? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Syngali · 2020-01-09 15:57 Less. Way way less. There are a few dial ups left, but most everything is telnet based nowadays. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Patient-Tech · 2020-01-09 16:07 Maybe a handful of fax machines, and the occasional out of band control modem. Neither of which are interesting or fun. Stick the the bbs lists, even those go dark quickly, probably due to inactivity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mikeargo · 2020-01-09 16:19 [Shodan.io](https://Shodan.io) is the new wardialer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- mikeargo · 2020-01-09 16:20 One thing i do which can be fun is either using shodan or nmap I scan Austin for city:austin port:23 or get ip ranges and do something like nmap --script=banner -p 6667 and find interesting telnet or irc servers around. You can be pretty creative with it but [shodan.io](https://shodan.io) is a good place to learn how fun scanning can be. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- spentmiles · 2020-01-09 17:38 Man I miss turning the war dialer on before bed and waking up to the results. Found a bank security camera of some sort. And a trunk between 817 and 214. Such an interesting time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ImHiiiiiiiiit · 2020-01-10 02:14 My guess is most of your results would be corporate fax machines at this point ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2020-01-10 06:19 There is still a huge ‘wardialing’ community today... but these days its called ‘hand scanning’. No you are not going to find WOPR on 300 baud in 2020, but there are still FUCKING LOADS of fun things to find if you do it by hand, or at least partially by hand. Google binrev. That will get you on your way. You may also check out wardialers.org just for nostalgia sake. One thing to keep in mind is both cell, voip, and landline auditing software is much sharper today.... if you were to scan xxx-xxx-00xx through xxx-xxx-0099 you would likely have your number blocked. Another reason to hook up with the brotherhood. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- s1500 · 2020-01-10 21:00 Blocke, yet how do the robocallers thrive? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2020-01-11 00:33 Well, in order to legally telemarket (robocall) you have to have a federal license. as such, I would assume that those people get whitelisted as they would have to provide source info for the calls in order to get the license.... If they dont have the license its a federal offense and people go DOWN. Haven’t had it happen to me personally as I use a very odd method for hand scanning that is slow but safe - something a telemarketer wouldnt find feasible - but I am familiar with the law/restrictions/licensing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- lucidphreak · 2020-01-11 00:33 Great question btw - and I enjoyed thinking through the answer. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- iheartbaconsalt · 2020-01-21 09:47 r/dataisbeautiful