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>A good pentester has good social engineering skills.

There is a difference between a pentester and a con man.

A con man with technical skills is still a con man. A hacker is more similar to a modern-day wizard commanding computers to do his bidding.



Right. The pentester gets the money up front.


Mitnick using social skills to get a pincode for a door is also hacking even though he didn't need use any computer commanding skills.


IIRC Mitnik is good at technical hacking, but mostly known for being a master at conning people. Not as good as the cops that got him, surely.




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