“Which emotion hijacks your judgment the fastest - urgency, fear, ego, or convenience?”
These days in convenience. It’s a hard urge to fight. I’m pretty aware of the tactics, like fomo and urgency, it’s the easy of use I slip on, when I’m not in full opsec mode.
As a psychologist, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the core problem is that 95% of people not only make decisions but live their entire lives on autopilot. It’s precisely in this mode that we become vulnerable to threats like these..that’s why social engineering works so effectively. Unfortunately… very unfortunately.
The more automatic pleasures a person indulges in and the more automated their lifestyle becomes, the greater the losses and traps they’ll fall into. Knowing about these risks isn’t enough; what’s needed is actual skill. But most people are too lazy to learn, and that’s how the vicious cycle begins.
"Humans are the exploit” really says it all. No matter how strong the systems are, trust and urgency can still trip people up. Really insightful article.
“Which emotion hijacks your judgment the fastest - urgency, fear, ego, or convenience?”
These days in convenience. It’s a hard urge to fight. I’m pretty aware of the tactics, like fomo and urgency, it’s the easy of use I slip on, when I’m not in full opsec mode.
It’s easy for anyone to slip off the track that’s why it’s important to keep bringing this topic up, so people can stay on track.
Great post and thank you for mentioning me as well.
Still Social Engineering is another level of acting but used for nefarious reasons and lots of people are oblivious to it's inner workings.
Thanks for the read and yep I agree with you!
He’s the best!
Great post! Thank you for mentioning my article!
Thanks for the read!
Sure thing!
Great review! Thank you so much!
As a psychologist, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: the core problem is that 95% of people not only make decisions but live their entire lives on autopilot. It’s precisely in this mode that we become vulnerable to threats like these..that’s why social engineering works so effectively. Unfortunately… very unfortunately.
The more automatic pleasures a person indulges in and the more automated their lifestyle becomes, the greater the losses and traps they’ll fall into. Knowing about these risks isn’t enough; what’s needed is actual skill. But most people are too lazy to learn, and that’s how the vicious cycle begins.
Spot on.
And btw thanks for such a detailed comment : )
"Humans are the exploit” really says it all. No matter how strong the systems are, trust and urgency can still trip people up. Really insightful article.
Glad you liked it.
Another great post by a great author.
Thanks!!