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As promised: Book Review and Analysis of renowned Social Engineer Christopher Hadnagy’s ‘Unmasking the Social Engineer’ – 9,200+ words - First 10,000 characters exclusive to /r/socialengineering _Disclaimer: I wasn’t ask to endorse this book in any way. All reviews are of my personal choosing. If I had been asked, clearly I didn’t listen well enough, as this review would suck as an endorsement._ _The first 10,000 characters (self-post limit) of this review are exclusively posted to /r/socialengineering, as thanks for your warm and lasting support. I request anyone that wishes to repost this do so by linking to this thread._ ------------------ __[001] Preface:__ This review ended up being a lot longer than I thought, coming in at over 9,000 words – completely unintentional, I promise you, as I cut off 3,000 words while doing some final editing and writing this preface. __It is long.__ No question. __It is also worth your time.__ If you’ve never seen me here before, let me make a quick introduction: I am Joven. [I compile stuff.]( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CPs67J-Z-5sndV_1XvBeaIQ45f8Yg0SfuXKYuAPmxWA/edit) I organize stuff. __I make sure you get all the information worth being found.__ I am good at what I do. On to the book. Not to spoil anything of note, but __I’m going end up giving it a very negative verdict.__ It is very important to understand why, and it is very important to me personally to explain why it was so difficult for me to give that verdict. If you don’t know who Christopher Hadnagy is, go buy _‘Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking’_ immediately. __It is your Bible.__ It is the definitive book on Social Engineering, written by perhaps __the greatest professional Social Engineer of our age__. If you don’t know who Paul Ekman is, I implore you to buy ‘Emotions Revealed,’ go read up online on FACS, and see what his METT is all about. Ever heard of the seven universal emotions? Or heard of microexpressions? Ever read a recent bo