Sizing People Up

Advanced people-reading techniques—assessing personality, trust signals, and building rapport through behavioral analysis.

Summary

This DEF CON talk covers sizing people up.

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Marcus Liotta

Insider threat exploitation techniques—manipulating employees to steal data, equipment, or commit sabotage from within an organization.

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Chris Kirsch

Cold reading techniques for extracting information and building false credibility—how to make targets believe you possess knowledge about them.

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Ryan MacDougall

Personal journey from introversion to becoming a skilled social engineer—lessons learned overcoming personality barriers to master manipulation.

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