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Human Hacking

By: Christopher Hadnagy, Seth Schulman
Narrated by: Christopher Hadnagy
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A global security expert draws on psychological insights to help you master the art of social engineering - human hacking. Make friends, influence people, and leave them feeling better for having met you by being more empathetic, generous, and kind.

Eroding social conventions, technology, and rapid economic change are making human beings more stressed and socially awkward and isolated than ever. We live in our own bubbles, reluctant to connect, and feeling increasingly powerless, insecure, and apprehensive when communicating with others.

A pioneer in the field of social engineering and a master hacker, Christopher Hadnagy specializes in understanding how malicious attackers exploit principles of human communication to access information and resources through manipulation and deceit. Now, he shows you how to use social engineering as a force for good - to help you regain your confidence and control. Human Hacking provides tools that will help you establish rapport with strangers, use body language and verbal cues to your advantage, steer conversations and influence other’s decisions, and protect yourself from manipulators. Ultimately, you’ll become far more self-aware about how you’re presenting yourself - and able to use it to improve your life.

Hadnagy includes lessons and interactive "missions" - exercises spread throughout the book to help you learn the skills, practice them, and master them. With Human Hacking, you’ll soon be winning friends, influencing people, and achieving your goals.

Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Christopher Hadnagy (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

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Modern update to Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People

I’ve read Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People” several times. I disliked his tacit approval of using flattery and white lies to influence others. This book has the best of Carnegie’s material with an emphasis on acting ethically.

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recomendo

o autor mistura teoria com fatos da vida real de uma forma atraente e interessante

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Must read

I love how easy this book is written, how it gives you applicable knowledge and exercises.
It is a mus read book

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True to Form! Hadnagy delivers.

As expected, Chris really does mean Security through Education!! Awesome read and a textbook to use for the future.

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The best book on communication.

This is the best book on communication I've ever read. If you don't have a clue , you've found the book for you !!

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Another great book from C. Hadnagy

This is what you need in your life.
Soft Influence
Counter Influence Operations


#SocialEngineering
#pua
#PsyOp

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That was special

This book is special. The ideas are simple and simply put. But, they are valuable ideas that I believe will be useful to most people given thoughtfulness and precise. The author wrote a good book and did a solid job of recording it. Well done. I plan to listen to his other two Book sometime soon.

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Worth it

No matter Christopher repeats some things you’ve heard from his previous books, if you read them of course, I really enjoyed this one as well, and I think this should become a school book not only for people that perform “hacker” professions but for all of us who want to become a better person and a better communicator. Thank you, Chris!

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Good info

Good information and very informative I couldn’t recommend it more. It make you a more savvy communicator.

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Great story telling audiobook!

Im pretty sure content review is plenty out there. But i would just like to highlight that the story telling techniques in the audiobook is superb! Really loved the overall tone and mood of the narration. I literally clapped my hands after the audiobook is finsihed. Totally worth it on the audiobook!

//not sure if the author actually applied the human hacking techniques though whilst reading the audiobook. If he does, it really works.

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