Post your answers in the comments, provide evidence (URLs) and please explain how you got there. Remember: this is not a guessing game!

Ни пуха ни пера!

#OSINT #SOCMINT #GEOINT

Quiztime!

Look at the image & complete the following tasks:

1. Which unit is stationed here?
2. How did the compound change over the past 3 years? Was anything new built?
3. Find images from after 2000 that show the main ops building (both in/outsidee).
4. Name the commander in the year 2000.

A recent OSINT CTF claimed that tracking post edits & deletions is SIGINT. It also tossed HUMINT into the mix. Let’s stop dressing up #OSINT with classified-sounding buzzwords. With more people getting into OSINT, I think we should stick to the basics as they are defined by decades of intel work

Tip: Recently I was investigating an old cold case and an old newspaper gave me the breakthrough that helped solved the case. Use newspaperarchive.com (paid) or news.google.com/newspapers (free) for local newspaper #OSINT.
Perfect for verifying people, crimes, or old business data.

Are you referring to fake accounts on platforms? Depends on the platform and use case. Passive fake accounts (sock puppets) if managed properly remain almost indefinitely. If you’re talking about something for active use (virtual HUMINT), that’s a whole different story

One last time. Posting some content, despite the fact that no one interacts here.

I take you back nearly two decades - into the world of early jihadist propaganda, closed forums, and primitive translation tools to show how #OSINT revealed insights into global #terrorism

Great for news and recent events, but in my fields of interest (e.g. #OSINT) there’s no real community. Despite lots of people on here (lots of followers) hardly any interaction, so I’ve given up on posting and just follow news

SPIEGEL and „Danwatch“ analyzed two million docs on procurement data (filtered for biggest military contractors), detailing specific needs, e.g. type of steel, insulation thickness.

Shows how systematically Russia is ramping up nuclear weapons architecture

www.spiegel.de/ausland/russ...

This is an official communication from the US State Department. It‘s shocking. I‘m left speechless on the utter nonsense stated here & it’s truly alarming. Glorifying hard right/extremist parties in Europe, accusing European governments of censorship. Wow, just wow - a whole new level of shitfuckery

"X is racist. The only thing up for debate is whether this is a feature or a bug for those in charge," writes Charlie Warzel.

Probably using Telegram or some other shitty and non-secure app. That’s the American way now…

A little #Python with the help of #ChatGPT & 30min later a Bluesky account scraper is up & running, including a search/filter function on the data. Next up, I'll add media preview & have the JSON routed to a local #AI #RAG for a quick summary & analysis of the account.

#OSINT #SOCMINT

How do you judge the reliability of a source in #OSINT investigations? And what about the credibility of the information you find?

My newest article dives into the Admiralty Code and why this principle could be useful in your daily OSINT work.

tinyurl.com/2rx7hmfj

Si, Mamma Roma è la risposta

Time for a #geolocation quiz.

Which famous movie was shot at this location?

Add your solution to the replies after the spoiler break and please describe how you got there.

#OSINT

Fully agree and I hope no sane person would take this seriously

Dude, it’s a joke. Jokes are funny to some and not to others. If you fail to see the sarcasm here or recognize it as plain shit posting, maybe you should rethink your career choice as an analyst

Actually I did, but I guess humor isn’t something that you guys understand…

Bruh, yeet!

Zur AfD-Hochstufung durch den VS: Es gibt viel Unsinn und Strohmänner in der Debatte. Mal die üblichen Punkte: 👇

While I don't think #AI will replace #OSINT analysts in the near future (critical thinking is the key here), I don't have as much confidence for developers...

Final version of this little test. Downloads from Google, Bing & Yandex now. Filetypes can be chosen with check boxes. Download errors are shown and a double click opens the URL in the browser. Upon request, metadata can be extracted. Not bad for basically no coding abilities and 30 min in #ChatGPT