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What do you know about Social Engineering?

  • 10-04-2012 4:58am
    #1
    Registered Users Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭


    You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
    You: hello
    Stranger: Hi
    Stranger: Asl?
    You: Your male and a teenager
    Stranger: And you know that how...
    You: demographics
    Stranger: Demographics? Haha ok then and you are?
    You: thats not how this works
    Stranger: Ok explain it to me then
    You: you tell me how right i am
    Stranger: Completely
    You: your in the US
    Stranger: Yes
    You: West Coast, or at least closer to the west coast than the east
    Stranger: Yes
    You: Your state is ON the coast?
    Stranger: Y
    Stranger: es
    You: California
    Stranger: Very good
    You: bay area
    Stranger: Nope a city about 20 min. Away from la
    You: thats as close as demographics will get you.
    You: youve got brown hair
    Stranger: Ok so tell me about yourself and yeah
    You: you've got no sisters
    Stranger: True
    You: thinking what else i can deduce from this....
    You: you've never done drugs apart from marijuana at most
    Stranger: Damn your good
    You: thinking///
    Stranger: can I at least know what gender?
    You: your white (id prefer not to bring racial stereotyping into it)
    You: maybe hispanic though
    You: probably not
    Stranger: Well looks wise but I'm 50% mexican
    You: that's demographics. I'm sure someone with any shred of talent could do better than me.
    You: Do you want to know how i deduced that information?
    Stranger: Well you seem really talented
    Stranger: Sure
    You: you said ASL and its 9:50 pacific time
    Stranger: *9:51
    You: the rest came with confirmation of my other assumptions
    You: You told me all that
    Stranger: Ah I see
    Stranger: Ok thats enough about me wby?
    You: whats "wby"?
    Stranger: What about you?
    You: What i did to you is a blatant form of social engineering. look it up and look after yourself online kid.
    You have disconnected.

    Your fairly vulnerable online with the information you divulge and the topic of Social Engineering is something I will be pursuing with interest in future (undergrad Psych). I just ripped this complete stranger apart in 5 minutes with information that is readily available to anyone. How safe do you think you are against someone who might actually want to harm you?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    people like you only make my job harder.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    Pdfile wrote: »
    people like you only make my job harder.

    Give me a job then


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 22,048 ✭✭✭✭Snowie


    Nulty wrote: »
    Your fairly vulnerable online with the information you divulge and the topic of Social Engineering is something I will be pursuing with interest in future (undergrad Psych). I just ripped this complete stranger apart in 5 minutes with information that is readily available to anyone. How safe do you think you are against someone who might actually want to harm you?



    Ok its 06:09am in the morning

    california 22:00 pm at the time well say 21:45..pm

    So the chances of getting talking to a random male teenager in claifornia are high, you didn't social engineer anything, what you did was guess with the use of a time zone... :roll eyes:


    If your going to start some phsy babble first of come, credible information would help. Secondly you used steps which are known as cold reading, and a slightly passive aggressive tone on a younger person, and a curious mind would sit there and listen.

    If you turned round and said that to an adult and pulled thats stunt Id tell you togo away. You just got some kid inexperienced enough to listen to you. :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,670 ✭✭✭Doc


    Its all true I hear that pedophiles can learn your address through your IP address then get you online and once they see your online they can give you a powerful electric shock through your computer keyboard which will knock you out. They can then unlock your door using their hacking skills on your computer enter your house and take you away to molest you. They can even bring you back before you wake up and you will be none the wiser. It happens to adults too. I know this is true because it happened to a friend of mines friend and is the only possible explanation as to how images of him got up on that gay porn site.

    True story!

    Maybe not.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14,163 ✭✭✭✭danniemcq


    Doc wrote: »
    Its all true I hear that pedophiles can learn your address through your IP address then get you online and once they see your online they can give you a powerful electric shock through your computer keyboard which will knock you out. They can then unlock your door using their hacking skills on your computer enter your house and take you away to molest you. They can even bring you back before you wake up and you will be none the wiser. It happens to adults too. I know this is true because it happened to a friend of mines friend and is the only possible explanation as to how images of him got up on that gay porn site.

    True story!

    Maybe not.

    and according to brasseye they also wear tops with the body of a child on it to make them appear younger online

    source here


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Ripped him apart? Eh.....sure.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Eroticfishcake


    I think you are overestimating your 'skills' a little. How many times did you get it wrong before this attempt?


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,239 ✭✭✭KittyeeTrix


    OMG..............I'm never gonna go on FB chat again:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

    That was waaaaay too scary!!:D


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,663 ✭✭✭Immaculate Pasta


    You: you said ASL and its 9:50 pacific time
    Stranger: *9:51

    That's such an internet response :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 37,295 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Nulty wrote: »
    I just ripped this complete stranger apart in 5 minutes with information that is readily available to anyone.
    Depends on the mood, I'll agree or disagree with what these chat-roulette randomers.
    Nulty wrote: »
    How safe do you think you are against someone who might actually want to harm you?
    If someone wanted to harm you, there's easier ways than online chat, such as "random" surveys.
    Nulty wrote: »
    Your fairly vulnerable online with the information you divulge and the topic of Social Engineering is something I will be pursuing with interest in future (undergrad Psych).
    Have a read of Kevin Mitnicks books "The Art of Deception"; it has s a nice read on Social Engineering.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    You should be a Superhero, Nulty... Social Engineering Protection Man, fearlessly protecting the youth of today from the dangers of social engineering, with the the tagline... "look after yourself online kids".


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    social engineering is getting into places or getting confidential information, not "ha ha you're a teenage male you stupid kid BYE"


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,978 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    Leverage a credit card number out of someone in a chat and then I'll be impressed.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    Nulty wrote: »
    Your fairly vulnerable online with the information you divulge and the topic of Social Engineering is something I will be pursuing with interest in future (undergrad Psych). I just ripped this complete stranger apart in 5 minutes with information that is readily available to anyone. How safe do you think you are against someone who might actually want to harm you?

    I'm in college and I think I'm smart because I spoke to a kid online and guessed a few basic facts about him based on answers he gave me to questions, multiple choice ones at that.

    that's pretty much it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    smash wrote: »
    5uspect wrote: »
    Hi Iain!
    Man that's not cool.

    Well he is preaching to use about being safe online lol

    EDIT: they deleted the other posts so now I look like a crazy :(


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭Seachmall


    I have gotten 6 (I think) free pints through the art of Bullshitting.

    Or, as the internet calls it, "Social Engineering".

    (I also got back stage at a gig, but everyone worth meeting had left :/ )


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    Pffft, Social Engineering.

    THIS is where the real stuffs happening.


  • Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Posts with personal info removed. Yes you have google powers, we get it.


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,246 ✭✭✭✭Dyr


    You don't have a lawn mower? You f**kin Poof

    THATS social engineering


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    Well he is preaching to use about being safe online lol

    EDIT: they deleted the other posts so now I look like a crazy :(

    Well at least there's a fragment of my post quoted in yours.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,753 ✭✭✭davet82


    ok the posters on this site are... from ireland i'll guess, you are male or female, you like forums i'm guessing, you have a mother and maybe a father if i'm not mistaken... and i'm gonna go with five fingers on each hand too... amazing i know



    see anybody can do it :cool:


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,012 ✭✭✭Plazaman


    5uspect wrote: »
    Well at least there's a fragment of my post quoted in yours.

    A post within a post within a post...... JESUS H.....


  • Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭Smyth


    Please read this post in about 2 years. Then have a good laugh at yourself.

    Guys, I've read like 2 chapters in a psych book. I CAN **** WITH PEOPLES MINDS!!!!!

    "you're white.."

    "no i'm black actually"

    "AHA! You're black...you've just been socially engineered bi-ATCH!...Stay safe KID"

    Good stuff.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,484 ✭✭✭The Snipe


    bluewolf wrote: »
    social engineering is getting into places or getting confidential information, not "ha ha you're a teenage male you stupid kid BYE"

    No its not, thats an often miscontrued idea. Social Engineering is the art or better yet, science, of skillfully maneuvering human beings to take action in some aspect of their lives.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    I always 'social engineer'. In subway I say hey! I remember you from that time where you were out drinking and I was also there, you had a drink in your hand and you had shoes on. Can I have a free sub?


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭Sofaspud


    OP is a white male, late teens to early 20s. Likes to prove his intelligence over others because he feels different to everyone else, misunderstood even.
    Chatroulette gives him the anonymity he wants to test his powers of intuition, as he has a slight fear of being ridiculed by testing it in person.
    See, the OP likes to act extroverted, and his (few) good friends would tell you he can be quite outgoing, and while this is sometimes true, sometimes this extroversion is actually a front, because the OP is really quite shy and very insecure.
    He also has a lot of unused potential, and sometimes wishes he could gain the full motivation he needs to do what he really wants to do. Now he has an interest in psychology and wants to practice it and become and expert, but it's going to be just a phase, much like the musical instruments he's tried to learn over the years but never quite fully learned to play to a standard he wished to.

    Am I on the right track OP?


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,878 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    PT Barnum would be proud!


  • Registered Users Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    All the folk on this thread flailing about with their little nerd weiners describing the OP's insecurity and hubris. It's can't be long until the ads at the bottom of the page will be showing bluetooth enabled penis enlargers.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 902 ✭✭✭baords dyslexic


    What do you know about Social Engineering?

    I thought the standard reply was
    And who'd be looking for Social Engineering?


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