OSINT
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Sep 22, 2025
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2 min read
How to find author accounts and inspect images, files, and plugins
Sep 17, 2025
35 min read
We tested 12 tools ranging from full-featured continuous capture apps to one-off screenshot extensions for grabbing long webpages
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Sep 8, 2025
At least half a dozen repos or entire accounts were recently banned or blocked from public access
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Aug 26, 2025
These tools can help fill some of the void left by CrowdTangle (RIP)
Jul 22, 2025
3 min read
A new study identified thousands of YouTube channels that changed their name, description and content focus, typically after being sold to a new owner.
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Jul 9, 2025
1 min read
How to find out if a YouTube video is monetized, analyze election and social issues ads in new ways, and refine your Google queries
Jul 4, 2025
10 min read
Plus: Academics try fighting AI peer reviews with hidden prompts, SCOTUS refuses to review case against fact-checkers, and a tool that lets you search X without being logged in.
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Jul 2, 2025
Here's the video, notes, slides and transcript of our first workshop
Jun 26, 2025
38 min read
A deep dive into new and established ways to fingerprint site content and infrastructure, link sites via ad and analytics IDs/tags, favicons, and more
AI slop
Jun 20, 2025
14 min read
Your must reads and must tries on the digital deception beat this week
Content moderation
Jun 13, 2025
13 min read
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May 30, 2025
May 23, 2025
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May 19, 2025
7 min read
Google told Indicator it has referred the Pakistan-based network to the DOJ, and TrustPilot deleted reviews after we reached out
Username enumeration
May 12, 2025
Plus: URL manipulation
Apr 28, 2025
Plus: a LinkedIn tip
Dec 30, 2024
Plus: guides for investigative journalism and for using OSINT for Bluesky.
Nov 26, 2024
Bluesky is surging, so here's a rundown of tools and search operators to use on the platform.
Oct 3, 2024
Plus: upcoming free and paid workshops.
Sep 5, 2024
The Alliance For Securing Democracy created a free OSINT tool to examine the content and metadata of websites
Jun 21, 2024
Plus: Analyzing shadows, tools for Telegram, and more!
May 31, 2024
How to dig into ad libraries from Google, Meta and other platforms to track spending, narratives, campaigns and more
Apr 18, 2024
9 min read
Plus: Google's new image search tool, tipsheets for search engines, shell companies, map investigations, and Telegram.
Mar 26, 2024
12 min read
Plus: new tools for Twitter, Facebook, domain lookups and audio verification.
Mar 6, 2024
AI and LLMs pose significant risk to information integrity. But they also offer a lot of promise for OSINT and investigations. Here's a look at some encouraging areas.
