OSINT Essentials·May 18, 2021What the fake? My new Twitter follower who isn’t realA few quick tips on some of the giveaways that can help you spot fake accounts
OSINT Essentials·Oct 16, 2020OSINT… investigation… online verification… some thoughts on ethics* This post is based on a recent talk given at Trusted Media Summit 2020 that is also part of workshops on online investigation and…
OSINT Essentials·Jun 12, 2020You Might Have Asked…The rules around using other people’s content have been muddied in the age of social media — for journalists, these 10 tips should help
OSINT Essentials·May 7, 2020To fact-check or not to fact-check?When the torrent of mis- and disinformation is more than anyone can handle, you have to learn to pick and choose, or risk being…
OSINT Essentials·Apr 29, 2020“What do I do first?” An easy-to-use reference tool for starting out with your online investigation“Where do I begin?”
OSINT Essentials·Apr 3, 2020Jitsi’s a useful chat or conferencing tool — but be wary of these two thingstl;dr Give your chats random, difficult-to-guess urls, and don’t think setting a password makes everything secure
OSINT Essentials·Feb 11, 202010 tips for effective keyword searchesKnowing how to formulate effective searches can be a big help to your OSINT or verification efforts
OSINT Essentials·Aug 9, 2019Important heads-up: Did you know that Twitter has changed how its time stamps are determined?Understanding how timestamps applied to online content are determined is very important to journalists and factcheckers. Misinterpreting…
OSINT Essentials·Aug 8, 2019The One OSINT Tool You Must Have to Supercharge Your InvestigationsEverybody loves tools. It’s a basic instinct that probably kicked in around the moment the first caveman — or woman — realised that the…A response icon1A response icon1
