Social Engineering by Railways

Where do you travel every day? Are there any subtle ploys to manipulate your behavior? Would you recognize them or are they just part of the location? Social engineering sometimes gets a bad rap (or is it rep?) in the mainstream, but the public-facing edge of that sword can keep order as it does in Japanese train stations. They employ a whirlwind of psychological methods to make the stations run like clockwork.

The scope of strategies ranges from the diabolical placement of speakers emitting high-frequency tones to discourage youthful loitering to the considerate installation of blue lights to deter suicides. …read more

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Negative Factorization of Crytocurrency

Well crafted reportage/speculative piece on the negatives of cryptocurrency via Matthew Leising and Rob Urban – writing at Bloomberg; in which the details of human psychology (as that psychology relates to both markets and cryptocurrency) are laid ba… Continue reading Negative Factorization of Crytocurrency

DerbyCon 2017, Jenny Maresca’s ‘Personalities Disorders in the Infosec Community’

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Ep. 099 – In Robin Dreeke we Trust

One of our favorite guests of all times is back again – Robin Dreeke.  Captain positivity, the lord of rapport, the king of reciprocal altruism – no matter what you call him, you will really enioy this podcast.  November 13, 2017 Contents Download Get Involved Download Ep. 099 – In Robin Dreeke we Trust Get Involved […]

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