........ is the return for the use of deception to get someone's sensitive information.
A
Identity theft
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B
Personal engineering
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C
Spoofing
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D
Social engineering
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E
Hacking
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Solution
The correct option is D Social engineering Social engineering technique used to deceive users and exploits the poor usability of current web security technologies. It is the attempt to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details.