Elicitation Defined

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NASA had a nice definition of elicitation on their website that we archived here.^[1] Basically, elicitation is the process of extracting information from something or someone.

The dictionary definition of Elicitation can be found here.^[2]

Thanks to a researcher from CURE - Center for Usability Research & Engineering, Peter, we have some additions to our topic of elicitation.


The CIA's Secret Manual on Coercive Questioning^[3]

KUBARK Interrogation Manual Transcript^[4]

These come from a talk (in German) "The 5 Doors of Manipulation" which was held on the CCC (chaos communication congress) in 2002^[5]

References

1. ↑ http://social-engineer.org/wiki/archives/Elicitation/Definition_of_Elicitation.htm
2. ↑ http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Elicitation
3. ↑ http://www.parascope.com/articles/0397/kubarkin.htm
4. ↑ http://www.parascope.com/articles/0397/kubark06.htm
5. ↑ http://events.ccc.de/congress/2002/fahrplan/event/453.de.html