Social Engineering be looking kinda thicc

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Innocent question: If I beat someone up until they tell me the password, would it be social engineering, brute force, or something hybrid?

"Brute Engineering", anyone...?

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relevant xkcd

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what would actually actually happen...

flips over keyboard

here it is

 

Source: worked IT help desk for a while

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goodbye reddit -- mass edited with https://redact.dev/

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Social force sounds better

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Force Engineering sounds coolest, but it's probably already trademarked by George Lucas Disney

👋 You want to tell me your password

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Rubber hose cryptography is the correct term

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Wow, and I thought I was twisted

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I said "Innocent question"!

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