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If you are interested in learning more about social engineering, you might want to check out these links:

Dual reality and magic

Social engineers and magicians have overlapping skill sets. The concept of dual reality has been around in magic for centuries. Penn & Teller perform a trick that demonstrates dual reality very clearly. In this case, the participant experiences something completely different than the audience. Typically in magic, neither the audience or the participant will actually experience the secret. But this is Penn & Teller.

This video shows David Blaine performing a trick called “Invisible Touch”, which is a good example of dual reality (though this performance doesn’t really highlight the concept). The revelation of this trick is similar to a longer routine performed here.

A really good explanation of how magicians leverage dual reality is described by O’Brien Magic here (watch from 4:35 to 7:00).

Presentation on social engineering

Jen Fox (DefCon Capture-the-Flag black badge!) talks about -- and demos -- social engineering in her talk at the SANS Security Awareness Summit (2018)

A cool study about the word “because”

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-wise/201310/the-power-the-word-because-get-people-do-stuff

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