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Social engineering
Meaning
Noun
●
In Sociology:
Use of
numerical
data
to
inform
social programs.
●
In Political science:
Efforts to influence
attitudes
and social
behaviors
on a
large scale
, in order to
produce
desired
characteristics
in a
target
population.
●
In Computer security:
The
practice
of
tricking
a
user
into
giving
, or
giving
access to,
sensitive
information, thereby
bypassing
most or all protection.
Verb
●
present participle
and
gerund
of social engineer
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