Definition of social engineering
: management of human beings in accordance with their place and function in society : applied social science
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It’s time for the forced social engineering at the expense of the taxpayers to stop.
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Basically, the working poor have become a giant social engineering experiment for Republicans.
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Previously, both hacker groups relied largely on social engineering that tricked targets into downloading apps from third-party markets.
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This way, the attack doesn't need to rely on trickery and social engineering to infect victims.
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California led the nation in this effort at social engineering.
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Republicans ended Great Society-style social engineering.
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But few paid a bigger price for Brownback’s seven-year experiment with supply-side social engineering than Kansas’s schoolchildren.
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That same year, Facebook openly endorsed social engineering.
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First Known Use of social engineering
1899
SOCIAL ENGINEERING Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of social engineering for English Language Learners
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: the practice of making laws or using other methods to influence public opinion and solve social problems or improve social conditions
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