Have you ever thought about what people think of you? I don't mean like superficially, I just mean in general. What's crazy is you are literally a million different people to a million different people. The person you think you are in your head is NOT how people see you.

Thank you. He didn't seem to go anywhere for like 20 minutes.

Thank you, Jesus. Doing the lords work.

you forget 2 points; 5th point: "if they're up for it". people could be not up for whatever it is you're about, and in that case you should just let go. 6th point: be consistent about them. people might need you to approach them every once in a while, in order to "give in" to you(how frequently? depends on the person). these were the 2 points most important for me, since I'm naturally a curious person that actually cares about people and what they have to inspire me(and practically anyone) with, and when I got to a certain point of diminishing returns, I couldn't quite understand why are people not responding to my honest interest anymore. Now I know; some people just aren't about your care for them, or u just need to be a bit more consistent, so u need to know which is which. I started feeling that change when I got to a certain age; around the late 20's. I would say, that's when people in general start becoming less approachable, though in some places they would become irrelevant(especially with the contemporary social media cancer).

@@oh_rhythm Your 5th and 6th point kind of contradict each other. Give up or consist? I'm confused.

Jesus thanks homie

He just speeds through "zippo... nada"

I read a book when i was a kid that introduced the idea that there is a motive behind every interaction. Neurologically, we are always trying to achieve what we think is in our best interest, even if others believe it is unhealthy. Addiction is a great example: there are people who are convinced it is in their best interest to live in a tent downtown and shoot heroin. On the other hand are people like Christian evangelists in China, who also put their lives at risk to get what they want. If a junkie tries to entice the average person to shoot up with them, the junkie will likely hold the belief that there are better choices one could make in life. The evangelist, however, is convinced that what he is selling is an infinite amount of time in a place that is infinitely better than the present one. I think what the speaker is getting at is to examine one's motives until one has that level of conviction. If you actually believe you've got the best deal in town, it's easier to convince someone that they're better off for having met and agreed with you.

Understandable if you haven't read his previous book Code of Trust. The short answer is, it doesn't work.

He explains it in the QA part.

Tell me you didn’t understand the lecture without telling me that you didn’t understand the lecture

@@bansheeofinisheerin wow, unique and original. for this post anyway. you got this reply bottles? save ya some time

It's tough forcing myself to listen to spooks give speeches, but you mentioning that has given me the motivation to endure.

Tell me you don’t know what you’re talking about without telling me you don’t know what you’re talking about

I was about to type "You can retire when you're dead," but considering games you can play with names and official records, maybe not even then.

Well, you can get away with more when you're not working for the company. But then again, the line is getting narrower and narrower these days.

@@glynnetolar4423 what are you talking about? Did you escape from a dementia ward? You haven’t made a single comment that actually makes sense.

@@bansheeofinisheerin this would mean something if a cared what you think. And I didn't.

@@glynnetolar4423 maybe you should start caring what more intelligent people think, Glynn. It might do you some good. Or you could just stay in your narcissistic dustbin…your choice.

this is possibly the only video I couldn't watch at >1x speed! :) What a machine gun mouth.

lebasson I had to watch at 1.5x, some people I guess.

No. You're welcome for the pleasure of saying you're welcome to me.

@@420yoloscopes between 1.25 and 1.5 slowing down for the interesting points

2x

Yeah it's a subjective truth isn't it. "I don't lie, I don't apply subterfuge.... but everything I do is done in order to create the circumstances in which I achieve my ultimate goal.". Come on man.. how is that not deceit - an element of subterfuge? I think I get it; being able to arguably deny having lied is most likely because of legal reasons. But it seems like he's repeated this mantra to himself often enough that he honestly feels he's just having a conversation without deception. Having said that, of course it's naive to think that you can be working in counter-intelligence and be Mother Theresa at the same time. This dude knows his stuff, I'm thankful that he was able to share this with us!

Not really. I see it as mutually beneficial in a normal situation. His line of work was more one sided by nature. Applying this to every day life though, especially if you need to be the lead for your team, will be beneficial for all involved.

@@allooutrick8266 i don't agree with your point, but it may be the case. but nowhere in this presentation was defined what transparency really means and who will benefit from it.

@@allooutrick8266 I'm glad you brought up mutual benefit, as I feel that's the core of this talk. This man's line of work was highly specialized, but it can be generalized to selling something you believe in versus something you don't. If a team leader doesn't believe they are there to do what's right for the team, it is not a team and they are not leading it! The same principle applied to physical pentesting is to know that I am here to teach the company about security, and the best way to present my lesson is to illustrate some unfortunate shortcuts in thinking. That way you know that you are acting in a person's best interest when you exploit those shortcuts, because you are going to help them be mindful of that backdoor in case someone less scrupulous tries to take advantage of them.

@@lebasson wow, how is it possible to miss the entire point of this hour long talk. Unbelievably amazing…I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

A lot of stories from the cold war center around the consequences of intelligence. Going further back, WWII is replete. Quick example; several groups of Panzers were kept from being deployed during D-Day thanks to a double agent.

Tell me you’re clueless without telling me you’re clueless

I mean, you could make your whole career on just 1 recruit if you end up with a guy like Robert Hanssen. Also, you're getting someone to risk their lives and livelihood for you so it takes a lot of prior relationship building.

​@@bansheeofinisheerinYou've made a lot of replies in comments section. Shame none of them have any value.

Really? He didn't seem drunk to me at all! What made you think that?

@@billturnbull6957 he hit the slopes.

@@mo938nah... he only *sniffed* at the beginning and end of all his sentences.

Learn how to listen then

What an ignoramus you must be. This is nothing like Tony Robbins. Do you have brain damage or are you just that incredibly ignorant?

Johnny Schmegma like jeez can't they just stick to their FEDCON?

They must be sponsoring it.

Jemal Guillory oh absolutely

I really can’t stand se village. So repetitive and so much circle jerking.

there are only so many "novel" attack vectors going around. Some massive breaches have happened due to social engineering. SE is important to security and security is what DEFCON is about. All the fancy hardened/militarygrade/stateoftheart/insert_buzzword security systems will not help you if the attacker can compromise you through people.

Only because the test is not very good (not always repeatable with consistent results). But the cognitive function model itself is a valid way to abstract the way human information processing works if you keep in mind that everyone uses all of them, just with varying degrees of preference and competence. The confusion arises because people take some BS online test and read a type description and that’s it. But that leads to misunderstanding because 1. the system defines some terms differently than the colloquial use of those terms (like “introvert” and “extrovert”) and 2. People don’t understand the scope of what the system describes, either two narrow or too wide. It specifically defines modes of cognition and how that can affect behavioral tendencies.

"Type A" isn't a real thing either.

Buy a new helicopter.

Those extra steps are what can make the difference, of course.

Tell me you missed the point without telling me you missed the point

What did you expect from a talk about social FUCKING engineering?

@@bansheeofinisheerin Wow dude, do you have an original thought up there? Or just a bunch of sayings to spout. The previous posts appear to point to the latter. Have a nice life.

@@glynnetolar4423 no one asked you, Glynn. Your irrelevance is particularly palpable when you can’t even make a strong point. Try getting an actual life.

Yea keep giving advice from the amateur to the pro….brilliant strategy.

He's on a strict time limit and wants to fit his whole talk in lmao

Also he's totally on speed but who cares

Tell me you’re a narcissist without telling me you’re a narcissist.

is watching on a slower speed bearable for you?

Ok

Maybe stop playing the victim and work on your listening skills.