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From Searching to Investigating: An OSINT Framework
The mindset shift, first tools, and common mistakes that determine whether someone develops into an OSINT practitioner or stays a good searcher
Jun 23
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Joe Gray
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OSINT Techniques for Verifying AI-Generated Media
How to verify AI-generated images and video using metadata, visual artifacts, reverse image search, and detection tools.
Jun 16
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Joe Gray
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Using OSINT to Investigate Disinformation Campaigns
How open source investigators trace false narratives, identify coordinating accounts, and map the infrastructure behind influence operations.
Jun 9
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Joe Gray
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Reading the Wild: Flora and Fauna as OSINT Signals
Plants and animals in images carry geographic and seasonal data most investigators ignore. Here is how to read them as legitimate OSINT signals
Jun 2
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Joe Gray
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The Pre-Mortem
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The Calibrated Citizen
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May 2026
AI-Assisted Research Personas for OSINT Investigators
AI tools have changed how research personas are built for OSINT work. Here is how to use them well and where they still fall short
May 26
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Joe Gray
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Source Reliability Is Not a Property of the Source
The OSINT community treats source reliability as a fixed trait. It is not. Here is why that assumption corrupts analysis and what to ask instead
May 20
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Joe Gray
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IIRW: Introduction to Intelligence Report Writing
Learn to write intelligence reports that communicate key judgments clearly, attribute sources properly, and convey confidence accurately
May 19
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Joe Gray
2
AITI: Accelerated Introduction to Intelligence Course
Learn the intelligence cycle, collection disciplines, and analytical methods that turn raw OSINT into finished intelligence products
May 19
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Joe Gray
1
OSINT using Recon-NG
Go beyond running basic modules. Learn workspaces, data management, and how to build Recon-ng into a repeatable investigation workflow
May 19
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Joe Gray
2
OSINT USERNAME TOOLS
Learn to track usernames across platforms with a systematic methodology, not just a list of tools to click through
May 19
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Joe Gray
2
The INT in OSINT: Why the Community Stops at Collection
The INT in OSINT stands for intelligence. Most practitioners in this space know that. Fewer of them act like it.
May 13
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Joe Gray
2
AI Tools in OSINT: Where They Help and Where They Fail
A practitioner’s honest look at where AI genuinely helps in OSINT and where it quietly gets you in trouble
May 6
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Joe Gray
3
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