That was pretty good. I wasn't aware that there once was a Google BBS
Tunnel thing around. I thought I was looking at a Lynx/Links type of
it was a joke.
I like the statement "In a world of internet snooping, a BBS is
probably one of the last bastions of digital privacy".
eh, i wouldnt say we have privacy on bbses. infact, this very
conversation is being cached many times over. depends on how many bbses
are on the web and allow viewing the msg subs without signing in.
the fbi shows up to any sysops house they are gonna give up any
information they ask for i would assume.
the fbi shows up to any sysops house they are gonna give up any information they ask for i would assume.
And why would any sysop be worried about the fbi these days? ;)
Hello MRO!
** On Saturday 16.05.20 - 19:26, mro wrote to Ogg:
the fbi shows up to any sysops house they are gonna give up any
information they ask for i would assume.
And why would any sysop be worried about the fbi these days? ;)
In the past, dialup bbses may have been targets of distributing warez or certain pr0n and gained a bad reputation because of a handful of systems. I remember reading about a few of those that were caught with violating copyright to playboy or something like that.
But today.. I would think that the fbi would have far greater fishes to fry than harrasing a bbs operation somewhere or perusing "public" ftn/qwk/ nntp messages.
It almost sounds like a sickness to be so obsessed with collecting every byte passing throught the internet.
if they are doing illegal activity. for example there is one sysop who posts here who is a pedophile.
Agreed, and it is sick that in the later 90s they rounded up those kids like that... late in the BBS scene, the fbi cracked down on a bunch of boards, li OG just stated..
They should have been making sure them boys (and girls) were getting their S turned in because they were fixing to have a long career.
Re: /Google BBS Tunnel
By: paulie420 to Ogg on Mon May 18 2020 01:01 am
Agreed, and it is sick that in the later 90s they rounded up those
kids like that... late in the BBS scene, the fbi cracked down on a
bunch of boards, li OG just stated..
They should have been making sure them boys (and girls) were getting
their S turned in because they were fixing to have a long career.
what about poor rusty and eddie? that old couple couldnt hurt a fly
It almost sounds like a sickness to be so obsessed with collecting every byte passing throught the internet.
It is a sickness. I knew a lot of guys that sucked BBS's dry of every bit and byte that had. They didn't use the software. They just stored it. Look at the Internet Archive. Where do you think all that stuff comes from? I would think it would be pretty cool for the FBI to show up at my place. I'd feel very important. ;-). I believe the FBI has better things to do other then chase BBS SysOps around. lol
Re: /Google BBS Tunnel
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller who would email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me how to get access to the warez section. I never ran a warez BBS, so I was confused and wondering where they had heard that. But later I thought perhaps they were from the police or FBI or something looking for warez BBSes to crack down on.
Nightfox
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller
who would email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me
how to get access to the warez section. I never ran a warez BBS, so
I was confused and wondering where they had heard that. But later I
thought perhaps they were from the police or FBI or something
looking for warez BBSes to crack down on.
LOL, no..... that was like the first thing I asked every BBS before I got into the scene. Was just begging to find new wolenstein maps. :P
Those were just folks hoping to find some $$$ software man....
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller who would
email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me how to get access to
the warez section. I never ran a warez BBS, so I was confused and wondering
Nightfox wrote to HusTler <=-
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller
who would email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me how
to get access to the warez section. I never ran a warez BBS, so I was confused and wondering where they had heard that. But later I thought perhaps they were from the police or FBI or something looking for warez BBSes to crack down on.
Nightfox wrote to paulie420 <=-
So did you assume all BBSes were warez BBSes and ask how to get warez access? :P
Re: /Google BBS Tunnel
By: Ogg to DOVE-Net.Internet on Sun May 17 2020 02:30 pm
It almost sounds like a sickness to be so obsessed with collecting every byte passing throught the internet.
It is a sickness. I knew a lot of guys that sucked BBS's dry of every bit byte that had. They didn't use the software. They just stored it. Look at th Internet Archive. Where do you think all that stuff comes from? I would thin it would be pretty cool for the FBI to show up at my place. I'd feel very important. ;-). I believe the FBI has better things to do other then chase B SysOps around. lol
Re: /Google BBS Tunnel
By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Tue May 19 2020 05:38 pm
So did you assume all BBSes were warez BBSes and ask how to get warez access? :P
Nightfox
On 05-20-20 07:34, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-
I used to have a "(e)lite" option on my files menu that didn't have a hotkey, then later bound it to "hangup".
On 05-20-20 07:34, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-
I used to have a "(e)lite" option on my files menu that didn't have a hotkey, then later bound it to "hangup".
LOL I love it! :D
Re: /Google BBS Tunnel
By: HusTler to Ogg on Tue May 19 2020 03:34 pm
It is a sickness. I knew a lot of guys that sucked BBS's dry of every bit and byte that had. They didn't use the software. They just stored it. Look at the Internet Archive. Where do you think all that stuff comes from? I would think it would be pretty cool for the FBI to show up at my place. I'd feel very important. ;-). I believe the FBI has better things to do other then chase BBS SysOps around. lol
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller who would email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me how to get access to the warez section. I never ran a warez BBS, so I was confused and wondering where they had heard that. But later I thought perhaps they were from the police or FBI or something looking for warez BBSes to crack down on.
Nightfox
I have a bunch of stories like that from back then ... had this dude sign up ask me to let him ul a bunch of files ... he did ... nasty stuff ... then he posted an telling people I had a pic collection ... deleted files and blocked him and the likes of that ever again ... no wonder I only have 3 useless files on my board since LOL
I have a bunch of stories like that from back then ... had this dude
sign up ask me to let him ul a bunch of files ... he did ... nasty stuff
... then he posted an telling people I had a pic collection ... deleted
files and blocked him and the likes of that ever again ... no wonder I
only have 3 useless files on my board since LOL
It is a sickness. I knew a lot of guys that sucked BBS's dry of
When I ran my original BBS in the 90s, occasionally I'd get a caller
who would email me saying they heard it's a warez BBS and asking me
up ask me to let him ul a bunch of files ... he did ... nasty stuff ... then he posted an telling people I had a pic collection ... deleted files and blocked him and the likes of that ever again ... no wonder I only have
I don't allow uploading. SysOps need to remember their are users out there that get thier kicks out of trying to crash a BBS, website or whatever. The more access you allow the higher the chances someone is going to "get
in". Back in the day SysOps would test one anothers BBS trying to crash it.
I have a bunch of stories like that from back then ... had this dude sign up ask me to let him ul a bunch of files ... he did ... nasty stuff ... then he posted an telling people I had a pic collection ... deleted files and blocke him and the likes of that ever again ... no wonder I only have 3 useless fil on my board since LOL
I don't allow uploading. SysOps need to remember their are users out there that get thier kicks out of trying to crash a BBS, website or whatever. The more access you allow the higher the chances someone is going to "get in". Back in the day SysOps would test one anothers BBS trying to crash it.
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