Which of the following social engineering tactics is best avoided by shredding sensitive documents?

Dumpster diving is a social engineering technique where attackers search through discarded trash for sensitive information like financial statements, employee records, or network diagrams. Shredding these documents before disposal makes the information unreadable and prevents attackers from reconstructing it, thus directly mitigating this specific threat.

Phishing involves deceptive electronic communications, typically email, to trick individuals into revealing sensitive information, which shredding documents does not prevent.

Whaling is a highly targeted form of phishing aimed at high-profile individuals, which is not prevented by document shredding.

Shoulder surfing involves directly observing someone entering sensitive information, such as passwords, which shredding documents does not prevent.