Social Engineering Debate

The cluster focuses on discussions of social engineering as a form of hacking or security threat, debating its legitimacy compared to technical exploits and sharing examples of its effectiveness.

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roddux Feb 9, 2016 View on HN

Some top-notch social engineering there.

uncoder0 Aug 5, 2012 View on HN

Social Engineering... we never had a chance.

qwertzlcoatl Mar 8, 2013 View on HN

Less a hack, more social engineering. It was not an intrusion of cryptography or computer systems, it was an intrusion of people.

randunel Oct 2, 2025 View on HN

Social engineering attacks are a thing, you know...

jonny_eh May 4, 2020 View on HN

Does Social Engineering count too?

rezistik Oct 15, 2015 View on HN

Social Engineering is absolutely hacking. This wasn't a sophisticated example, but it's still a very real threat.

jojobas Oct 27, 2023 View on HN

If social engineering counts, this should too.

2OEH8eoCRo0 Dec 6, 2023 View on HN

That's a stretch, you can use social engineering to do essentially anything then.

pcthrowaway Apr 23, 2023 View on HN

Next you're going to say social engineering isn't real engineering :P

nsnick Mar 11, 2015 View on HN

This is called social engineering.