"Great social engineering technique for hackers"

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Great Social Engineering Techniques for Hackers - Get People to Do What You
Want


I am having this "hacking/security" blog for more then a year now. Beside
cyber security, ethical hacking and technology, I am also interested in
some social/natural science fields, like philosophy, and psychology. In
this article I would share some manipulation techniques that i know about
from my previous knowledge, and experience.Now these techniques can be
used in many different ways and I will leave it up to the individual to
decide what those ways are. Please realize this isn't mind control and it
will not make you able to convince people to do extreme things but maybe
change a simple idea in someones mind and make them favor your ideas more.

This methods can come in handy for many hackers. Lets start:


Sympathy/Empathy - Believe it or not making someone feel sorry for you can
wield great results. You can convince people to do many things with just a
simple guilt trip. Examples include a family members death, recent job
loss, an scarring event such as being robbed at gunpoint, losing money, or
even a simple bad day. Using this can make somebody not only do what you
want but they won't feel regret over doing it.


Split Personalities - No this does not mean be nice one second and mean the
next. This tactic is great for pressuring someone into something from two
fronts. The basic idea of this is to act as two people. This cannot be done
in person and is best done online. An example of this methods usefulness is
to maybe convince someone to sell something at a cheaper price by having
one side of you as friend saying great deal while the other says that they
can barely do this and they're unsure if they should. The trick here is to
play opposites in a way that pushes the person you want to trick into doing
something they wouldn't otherwise do.

If you don't then someone else will - Nothing puts more pressure on someone
then giving them the idea of loss if they do not take advantage of the
situation. This can be great for selling items. The general idea behind
this is to make the person feel as if they will lose a once in a lifetime
opportunity if they give up on this offer. You can even use the Split
Personalities in mixture with this.



Being Over Understanding - Nothing softens the heart than making a person
feel that they're doing a good job. If a situation comes where you have
been wrong pretending to be completely understanding can go a long ways.

This can general make the person feel more entitled to give you a better
experience.



That is all I can come with at the current moment. Please throw suggestion
and feedback. This is technically Social Engineering, an art of getting
people to tell you stuff that they usually wouldn’t disclose, through the
use of words and your appearance. I personally hate these type of people. A
good Social engineerer (or as I love to call these types of people,
“Bullshit artists”), can make people believe nearly anything. It is always
a good idea to be aware of people who you don’t know, but it is also good
practice to watch people you DO know. Don’t be getting paranoid about
things, because that isn’t what i mean, but Social Engineering is the
EASIEST way to hack anything. Hope this helps people gain the upper hand in
a poorly setup situation.