social engineering

Noun

  • Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
  • Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population.
  • The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.

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