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Re:How hackers hack you using simple social engineering [video] by khedoros on Saturday June 25, 2016 @06:52PM (#11978389)
"Engineered" and "artistic" seem apt descriptions of parts of the scam: the skillful, creative, and well though out parts. Just like "criminal" and "scammer" address the other side of the same activities.
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Re:How hackers hack you using simple social engineering [video] by louprado on Sunday June 26, 2016 @01:56AM (#11979584)
Engineering is applied math and science. Hard science mind you.
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Re:How hackers hack you using simple social engineering [video] by khedoros on Sunday June 26, 2016 @03:30PM (#11982263)
That's one sense of the word. There are others. I was thinking of "the action of working artfully to bring something about".
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