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>A good pentester has good social engineering skills. There is a difference between a pentester and a con man. A con man with technical skills is still a con
by aortega 5y ago
>A good pentester has good social engineering skills.
There is a difference between a pentester and a con man.
A con man with technical skills is still a con man. A hacker is more similar to a modern-day wizard commanding computers to do his bidding.
- geocrasher 5y agoRight. The pentester gets the money up front.
- Dah00n 5y agoMitnick using social skills to get a pincode for a door is also hacking even though he didn't need use any computer commanding skills.
- aortega 5y agoIIRC Mitnik is good at technical hacking, but mostly known for being a master at conning people. Not as good as the cops that got him, surely.