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how do you defend against covert/conversational hypnosis?

and am I the only one who thinks it’s more than a little unethical to even try something like that on others? Judging by the sheer number of sites claiming to sell books and CD’s on the subject I would say there are a lot of people out there trying to control others.

Those techniques don’t work.

You can’t do "covert conversational hypnosis," and if you tried, you’d probably just come across as creepy.

The books and CD’s you refer to are aimed at the gullible, and yes, people who probably have control fantasies. You can certainly try to influence others, but the techniques that work are not "secret" at all (although not as well known as you would think). For instance, be nice to people, make eye contact, keep yourself clean and well groomed, smile, be agreeable, and so on.