Social Engineering, also called Social Work, is to catch a person off guard and pump individual information. Originally, it is the term related to computer security, and its purpose is to get password and hack without attacking computers.
The examples often used are;
・ use a false name and pump password
・ look keyboard or display standing behind a person who manipulate computer
・ peep password on a paper
It is used not only to get password but also to steal credit card number, to make someone deposit money, or to pump address or telephone number pretending one of the friends or relatives.
When I was a junior high school student, the stranger asked me the address of my neighborhood. In addition, my mother got a phone from the company about unpaid money. Though I don’t know whether they were for such purposes (but I think the latter was for the second purpose above, maybe), I always pay attention to individual information.
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