What Does Demon Dialer Mean?
A demon dialer was a specific type of hardware used in the 1980s and 1990s that allowed a telephone-connected device to repeatedly call a telephone number. This was often done to access crowded modem pools. Other uses involved winning radio call-in contests and annoying various telephone respondents. The demon dialer could also be used to call a long sequence of telephone numbers consecutively.
Techopedia Explains Demon Dialer
The demon dialer device and technique was popularized by a 1983 movie called “War Games” starring a young Matthew Broderick. This movie shows the demon dialer in use as part of an early hacking technique eventually called “phreaking.”
