Social engineering is not always criminal
Some of the same tactics hackers use can give you an edge in business and marketing if you stay on the right side of the law
From Social Engineering: Hacking Systems, Nations, and Societies here are 5 gray zone tactics worth knowing
1️⃣ OSINT mining of public data for competitive insights
2️⃣ Low stakes pretexting to learn process and pricing
3️⃣ Clickbait testing to find what triggers engagement
4️⃣ Job posting analysis to reverse engineer tech stacks
5️⃣ Narrative seeding in forums to watch sentiment shift
The line between marketing research and manipulation is thin
The key is intent and knowing where the legal boundary is
Smart strategy or playing with fire
