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>social engineering That's still hacking.
by wavefunction 11y ago
>social engineering
That's still hacking.
- moheeb 11y agoNot to me, it isn't.
- wavefunction 11y agoPerhaps you'd care to expound? I suspect you hold this opinion due to your age, though I can't be sure as I don't have much to go off of. Hacking to my understanding is exploring a system of rules, learning them inside and out and using those rules in expected and unexpected ways to control the system to your own desired effect, which may be constructive or destructive in nature. I grew up during a time when individuals were doing this with the phone system and computers and other technologies and this included understanding and utilizing social dynamics and interaction to achieve a desired effect, usually gaining access to information that could be leveraged towards further hacking.
- jonnybgood 11y agoNo different than a con artist. It seems to me when techies do conning they call it social engineering. In other words, a social engineer is a techie con artist.
- wavefunction 11y agoHere's the thing about a con artist, "there's no cheatin an honest man"
- js8 11y agoThat's very much untrue, and it's probably used as self-justification. You can exploit honest people too, and people do it a lot. And I also take issue with term hacking meaning guessing the password or obtaining it with social engineering or con art.
- moheeb 11y agoHacking, to me, refers to modifying hardware or software. Actually having to deal with people would most certainly not be considered hacking, under my definition.
- unprepare 11y agoSo if i convince you to tell me your PIN code, then withdraw all your money from an ATM Has your bank been hacked?