Definition of Social engineering

1. Noun. (computer security) The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection ¹

2. Noun. (political science) Use of propaganda by an authoritarian government to sway perceptions and attitudes of its own citizenry ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Social Engineering

social dancer
social dancing
social death
social democracies
social democracy
social democrat
social democratic
social democrats
social desirability
social disease
social diseases
social distance
social dominance
social drinker
social dynamics
social engineering (current term)
social entrepreneurship
social environment
social event
social evolutionism
social facilitation
social function
social gathering
social grace
social graces
social group
social groups
social housing
social identification

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