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[โ€“] refalo@programming.dev 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I struggle to call that hacking in the sense most people probably mean. Phishing is definitely a thing but they're not 'breaking' anything to access a system, they're just tricking you into giving it to them.

[โ€“] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 15 points 3 months ago

Yep, this is marginally hacking, and a bit more social engineering