Word choice

Different words that have same meanings may have different impacts. Social engineers practice their narratives and change weak words with those that carry maximum impact to a target. Also, the positivity and negativity of words will affect the thoughts of a target. Therefore, depending on the scenario, a social engineer will use a pattern of positive or negative words to pass on an idea.

NLP is powerful and it goes with the subconscious mind. Decisions made are affected by the subconscious mind and therefore it is an ideal target for a social engineer. The subconscious mind can make a person oppose a certain idea or can convince their victims. Once the subconscious brain has been reached, there is little that prevents a social ...

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