Social Hacking Edit Meaning

1.

The use of social engineering to gain access to a place or event where you have no business being.

1. Roy wasn't invited to the party but he knew some people there and used social hacking on the bouncer to get in.

2. Frank Abagnale Jr. in Catch Me If You Can escaping his duties as a doctor by making the interns seem incompetent.

3. Joe asked his Dad if he could stay out late, and was refused and went to his Mom and asked her mentioning that Dad had already said it was okay. Joe had been out of the house for two hours before his parents realized they were victims of social hacking.

See social engineering, con, con artist, earjacking

2.

The use of social engineering to gain access to a place or event where you have no business being.

1. Roy wasn't invited to the party but he knew some people there and used social hacking on the bouncer to get in.

2. Joe asked his Dad if he could stay out late, and was refused. Joe then went to his Mom and asked her, mentioning that his Dad had already said it was okay. Joe had been out of the house for two hours before his parents realized they were victims of social hacking.

See con, grifter, social engineering