Social engineering works by taking advantage of people’s cognitive biases. A social engineering attacker poses as someone likable, trustworthy, or authoritative and tricks the victim into trusting them. Once th
Social Media today works via feedback loops, driven by machine learning. Algorithms are manipulating you subconsciously for maximum interaction. SOME is not a one way interaction like TV. SOME is adaptive – since it is a 2-way communication form, where you interact repeatedly with others and t...
Education from preschool to Year 12 could include age-appropriate exercises on conspiracies commonly discussed on social media, ranging from vaccination scare tactics, to climate denialism, to flat Earth theory, to claims the moon landing was a hoax, and the Earth is 6000 years old. If...
Being known as a perfectionist is one of those "gift and a curse" type of labels. While some admire someone with the drive to shoot for the stars, the raised expectations can also open you up to the criticism that comes from not reaching your goals. For Jalen Hurts, you also have to...
Never answer calls from numbers you do not recognize.Caller IDs can also be manipulated by scammers. Verify their identity by directly calling the number known to you. Never offer personal or banking information.If you are asked over the phone “Do you know who this is?”, simp...
Is social media any better? Or is social media mostly a bunch of lemmings following each other off the side of the mountain? Just because there is lots of information doesn't make all of it valuable. In fact, some of it has negative value. Who are the people who login to Facebook ...
Hailey believes the deluge of inappropriate online sexual attention had a devastating impact on Michaela who is now 13. Read more: Online grooming crimes hit record high Three-year-olds being 'manipulated into sexual abuse online' New rules unveiled to protect young children...
Peter prefers the term “human hacking” over “social engineering” because that’s what it is. You’re basically “hacking” someone’s mind and using their own psychology to manipulate them.Social engineering is individual … You are hacking into someone’s mind and getting to know how ...
Brainwashing is a severe form of social influence that combines all of these approaches to cause changes in someone's way of thinking without that person's consent and often against their will [source: Working Psychology]. Isolation and Dependency Because brainwashing is such an invasive form of ...
that can be authentically compelling and sit in clear contrast to imposters. The fact that we can’t get rid of damaging effects by legislation or policy may not have the dead-end consequences we might imagine. The better way to do so is to create enough contrast that so...