Since the launch of my book, Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking, there has been a lot of people talking to me about chapter 5 all about microexpressions and non-verbal communication.
It is true that non-verbal communication is fascinating to understand and for us as social engineers, I feel it is essential. Being able to decipher human emotions can change the way you communicate. Understanding what someone is saying, or even NOT saying can make communication so much easier. Also knowing how to control your own microexpressions is a vital key to portraying the proper message to those you are communicating with or even your targets in a social engineering audit.
With that being said, I enjoy watching news clips looking for times where the non-verbals do not match what is being said. I feel this helps me better understand people and also is great practice in reading these non-verbal signals.
