Deception

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Deception is providing misleading information to others.

• Animals often attempt to deceive predators or prey by their appearance or behavior.
• Deception is used to hide secret information.
• Camouflage is a form of visual deception used in war.
• A disguise is an appearance to create the impression of being somebody or something else; for a well-known person this is also called incognito.
• Propaganda frequently involves deception.
• Deceiving one's opponent is important in many aspects of game theory.

See also:

• Communications deception
• Confidence trick
• Electronic deception
• Forgery
• Fraud
• Good cop/bad cop
• Hoax
• Lie
• Misdirection
• Phishing
• Psychological warfare
• Secrecy
• Sting operation

References:

• Bruce Schneier, Secrets and Lies

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References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Deception" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception, used under the GNU Free Documentation License