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[โ€“] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw him give a presentation 14 years ago about security. His primary emphasis was how much of hacking is composed of social engineering. He showed off different techniques that were state of the art for 2010. RIP

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Same here. He came to my company and did a good security presentation with an emphasis on how easy it is to fool people. He gave out business cards that were a miniature lock picking set.