Social engineering is essentially the art of gaining access to buildings, systems or data by exploiting human psychology, rather than by breaking in or using technical hacking techniques. For example, instead of trying to find a software vulnerability, a social engineer might call an employee and pose as an IT support person, trying to trick the employee into divulging his password.
In keeping with the spirit of my last post, this article discusses the human side of informational privacy and the simple fact that states: no matter what technical protections you have, your privacy and security is only as good as the person defending it.
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