A fork of Rural Dictionary
an individual who has surpassed the art of hacking,a person who has innate abilities to engineer others socially
I thought hackers were a problem until I learnt first hand that a Social Engineer can do far worse damage,That person was so good at being a Social Engineer i didn't see it coming
The social engineer walked into the classroom and said, "good morning boys and girls, today we are going to learn about the civil war."
The attempt to control social behavior.
The Canadian government wants to create a passified country through social engineering.
a master of the human psyche who may, at a moments notice, bend the will of another human to fit his own, a hacker of the human mind.
"social engineers bend human will"
a master of the human psyche who may use this to con people.
Hackers use social engineering to gain access into high security buildings.
The process which interested parties utilize governing functions to steer the course of the human condition.
The religious sects are blocking gay marriage through the federal government to penalize homosexuals. Marriage is being used as a Social Engineering tool to create a heterosexual society.
Teachers and Professors are largely liberal, Socially Engineering the thought process of young individuals through schools which are the governing function related to training the youth.
Today's inner city slums are largely the work of zoning laws passed by segregationists working at the local and state government level. Those institutions were used to socially engineer neighborhoods in a clean and comfortable environment for one group of individuals and a living space zoned alongside industrial centers and other hazards for another group of individuals.
1. The use of communication skills and quick wits in order to turn a scenario into a favorable situation
2. A practice used by crackers and black hats in order to gain sensitive information needed in order to compromise security by using techniques such as eavesdropping on conversations or posing as tech support
1. You are at a fancy restaurant and have just finished eating. The waiter comes to take your plate, but as he picks it up, you use slight of hand and manuevering to make it appear as if the waiter has dropped the plate (and the food residue on it) all over your shirt. You complain angrily, call for the manager, et al. The manager winds up giving you the meal for free.
2. You, as a black hat, walk up to a smoke break outside of a company who you want to steal credit card numbers for. Employees are whining about their randomized passwords. You memorize one of them, and then go off with that information in order to gain access into the company firewall.