User blog:Sharpnul/Social Engineering Through ODing - The Best Way To "Hack"

I DO NOT RECOMMEND DOING WHAT IS IN THIS BLOG POST, IT IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. ROBLOX WIKIA IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS INFORMATION. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS INFORMATION. WE WILL NOT GET INVOLVED WITH ISSUES THAT APPEAR IF YOU USE THIS INFORMATION TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.

Well, we all know what Online Dating is (ODing) so I will just explain how it can be used to collect people's personal information.

I feel that kids should not be allowed to share vital personal information such as their name, address, school, etc. Many people do anyway, most on accident. Tons of people on the internet have mastered the skill of "social engineering", a way to persuade people into giving you their personal information. Many people can do this on a basic level but it takes a ton of practice to actually be able to do it to the point where they can collect vital information.

Ex:

1: Hey! I'm going around and asking people what their basic password layout is. What is yours like?

2: Well, my dog's name and my graduation year, usually.

1: You have a dog? What type?

2: A pug, hes real nice.

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">1: Aww, thats a cute name. Anyway, back to the point. What school did you go to?

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">1: (Now can look up your school's location and find your approximate location) Cool! I know someone who went there!

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">1: Your password is "Jay2012"

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In this simple conversation the Social Engineer has found out your location, school, graduation year, dog type, dog name and password. Its really that simple. If you're considering using this, please refer to the top message.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#3a3a3a;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">You can avoid this by refusing any sort of questions regarding anything personal or anything that may relate to your life outside of the game. You can make subtle references but to assure ultimate security, do not answer anything you may feel is to personal or too invasive. If you feel someone is trying to get your password, report the player, warn other players and and leave the game. If you have already given most of the information to the person asking the questions, change your password immediately.

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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:11pt;margin-bottom:11pt;"> Thank you for reading my first ever informational blog, I hope you enjoyed!