social engineering
noun
Definitions
Use of numerical data to inform social programs.
Example: Using social engineering, the new cardinal has efficiently re-arranged the Church's outreach.
Efforts to influence attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale, in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population.
The practice of tricking a user into giving, or giving access to, sensitive information, thereby bypassing most or all protection.
Example: After our hacking attempts failed, we tried social engineering, walking into the building and claiming we had to do some urgent work in the server room.