Social engineering Quotes

“Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.”

“I was one of the first practitioners of social engineering as a hacking technique, and today it is my only tool of use, aside from a smartphone - in a purely white hat sort of way. But if you don't trust me, then ask any reasonably competent social engineer.”

“There is no technology today that cannot be defeated by social engineering.”

“It is impossible to work in information technology without also engaging in social engineering.”

“The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land.”

“'Social engineering,' the fancy term for tricking you into giving away your digital secrets, is at least as great a threat as spooky technology.”

“He informed Byrdie that his social engineering ambitions betrayed all the delusions of grandeur that you might expect from the son of a poet.”

“Liberals tend to view traditions, policies, and morals of past generations as arbitrary designs put in place by less enlightened people. Because of this, liberals don't pay much attention to why traditions developed or wonder about possible ramifications of their social engineering.”

“Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals.”

“A simple social engineering hack might involve leaving a thumb drive on the pavement close to the driver's door of a car.”