<![CDATA[The OSINTion Tidbit]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v8Rt!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25f3dc9f-fdc6-436f-bba0-ba78284de737_400x400.pngThe OSINTion Tidbithttps://tidbit.theosintion.comSubstackWed, 30 Sep 2026 07:52:16 GMT<![CDATA[From Searching to Investigating: An OSINT Framework]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/from-searching-to-investigating-osint-frameworkhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/from-searching-to-investigating-osint-frameworkTue, 23 Jun 2026 12:03:35 GMTIf you found this publication through searching for something specific and ended up reading posts about intelligence requirements, source reliability, and the difference between collection and analys…

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]]><![CDATA[OSINT Techniques for Verifying AI-Generated Media]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-verifying-ai-generated-images-videohttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-verifying-ai-generated-images-videoTue, 16 Jun 2026 12:02:15 GMTA year ago, identifying AI-generated media was largely a matter of looking for obvious tells. Hands with too many fingers, text that dissolved into nonsense, faces with an uncanny waxiness. Those tel…

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]]><![CDATA[Using OSINT to Investigate Disinformation Campaigns]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-investigate-disinformation-campaignshttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-investigate-disinformation-campaignsTue, 09 Jun 2026 12:02:24 GMTUsing OSINT to Investigate Disinformation Campaigns

Disinformation is not a new problem, but the scale at which false narratives now spread and the infrastructure that supports their spread has change…

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]]><![CDATA[Reading the Wild: Flora and Fauna as OSINT Signals]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/flora-fauna-osint-geolocation-signalshttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/flora-fauna-osint-geolocation-signalsTue, 02 Jun 2026 12:01:34 GMTReading the Wild: Flora and Fauna as OSINT Geolocation Signals

Most geolocation work in OSINT focuses on the built environment. Street signs, architecture, road markings, storefronts, utility infrastr…

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]]><![CDATA[AI-Assisted Research Personas for OSINT Investigators]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/ai-assisted-research-personas-osint-investigatorshttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/ai-assisted-research-personas-osint-investigatorsTue, 26 May 2026 12:01:09 GMTAI-Assisted Research Personas for OSINT Investigators

Research personas have been part of investigative and intelligence work for as long as both disciplines have existed. The practice predates OSINT …

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]]><![CDATA[Source Reliability Is Not a Property of the Source]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/source-reliability-not-a-property-of-the-sourcehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/source-reliability-not-a-property-of-the-sourceWed, 20 May 2026 12:03:36 GMTMost OSINT practitioners think about source reliability the wrong way. Not because they are careless or untrained, but because the mental model the community defaults to is built on a flawed premise:…

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]]><![CDATA[IIRW: Introduction to Intelligence Report Writing]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/iirw-intelligence-report-writing-coursehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/iirw-intelligence-report-writing-courseTue, 19 May 2026 19:52:46 GMTKnowing how to analyze is not the same as knowing how to communicate analysis. A significant amount of OSINT work breaks down at exactly that seam. The practitioner has done solid collection and soun…

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]]><![CDATA[AITI: Accelerated Introduction to Intelligence Course]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/aiti-accelerated-introduction-to-intelligencehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/aiti-accelerated-introduction-to-intelligenceTue, 19 May 2026 19:46:43 GMTThere is a persistent gap in how most OSINT practitioners develop. Collection skills get taught early and reinforced constantly through tools, tutorials, and community practice. The analytical layer …

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]]><![CDATA[OSINT using Recon-NG]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-using-recon-ng-coursehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-using-recon-ng-courseTue, 19 May 2026 19:41:15 GMTRecon-ng is one of the more capable tools in the open source intelligence stack and one of the most inconsistently taught. Most practitioners who use it learned just enough to run a few modules and s…

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]]><![CDATA[OSINT USERNAME TOOLS]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/sint-username-tools-coursehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/sint-username-tools-courseTue, 19 May 2026 19:35:45 GMTUsername investigation is one of the first skills most OSINT practitioners develop and one of the least systematically taught. The typical approach is to throw a name into a few familiar sites, see w…

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]]><![CDATA[The INT in OSINT: Why the Community Stops at Collection]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/int-in-osint-why-community-stops-at-collectionhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/int-in-osint-why-community-stops-at-collectionWed, 13 May 2026 12:02:44 GMTThe INT in OSINT stands for intelligence. Most practitioners in this space know that. Fewer of them act like it.

Open source intelligence has spent the better part of the last decade building out an i…

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]]><![CDATA[AI Tools in OSINT: Where They Help and Where They Fail]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/ai-tools-osint-help-and-failhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/ai-tools-osint-help-and-failWed, 06 May 2026 13:02:48 GMTThere is a version of this post that tells you AI is going to revolutionize OSINT. There is another version that tells you AI is a fraud and real analysts do not need it. Both of those versions are l…

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]]><![CDATA[OSINT Technique Spotlight: Google Dorking]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-technique-spotlight-googlehttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/osint-technique-spotlight-googleTue, 08 Nov 2022 13:01:07 GMTIf you’ve been around OSINT or even Infosec, both red and blue, for a while, you’ve probably heard of Google Dorking or Google Hacking. There is no difference in the terms, aside from some audiences …

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]]><![CDATA[DuckDuckGo's Tracking Disabling and Disposable Email Services]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/duckduckgos-new-email-serviceshttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/duckduckgos-new-email-servicesThu, 22 Jul 2021 13:45:45 GMT

Background

As some of you may know, Spread Privacy, the parent company of the DuckDuckGo search engine, announced on 20 July 2021 two new services. The first is similar to the disposable email address…

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]]><![CDATA[Open Source Intelligence, OPSEC/Privacy, Disinformation, and Data Science and the impacts they have on society.]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/coming-soonhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/coming-soonFri, 04 Dec 2020 20:12:53 GMTWelcome to The OSINTion Tidbit by me, Joe Gray. Joe is passionate about exploring Open Source Intelligence, Privacy, Disinformation, and Data Science and the impacts they have on society.

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]]><![CDATA[New Threads, New OSINT — An exploration of Poshmark]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/new-threads-new-osint-an-exploration-of-poshmark-666291b959echttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/new-threads-new-osint-an-exploration-of-poshmark-666291b959ecTue, 25 Aug 2020 13:01:01 GMT

I was tossing around ideas for a blog about Poshmark. My first inclination was to check Micah Hoffman’s WhatsMyName tool (also available as Profiler in Recon-ng and as a Web Application). The tool ha…

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]]><![CDATA[Browsers for Privacy, OPSEC, and OSINT]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/browsers-for-privacy-opsec-and-osint-b4157382f218https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/browsers-for-privacy-opsec-and-osint-b4157382f218Sat, 22 Aug 2020 21:20:05 GMTWhen doing an OSINT or OPSEC/Privacy investigation, not all browsers are created equal. Despite our best efforts at anonymity, they can have unfiltered access to what we are viewing. Depending on the…

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]]><![CDATA[Introducing WikiLeaker — An OSINT Tool for Searching WikiLeaks]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/introducing-wikileaker-an-osint-tool-for-searching-wikileaks-92f77c6e895dhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/introducing-wikileaker-an-osint-tool-for-searching-wikileaks-92f77c6e895dWed, 15 Apr 2020 15:01:00 GMT

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]]><![CDATA[The Internet Archive Is Being Used As A Disinformation Mule]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/the-internet-archive-is-being-used-as-a-disinformation-mule-fc90a6d07cedhttps://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/the-internet-archive-is-being-used-as-a-disinformation-mule-fc90a6d07cedWed, 15 Apr 2020 10:01:00 GMT

As the world continues to battle the COVID-19 pandemic, some outlets are sharing samples of malware, while others are trumpeting politically biased information from both sides of the proverbial aisle…

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]]><![CDATA[Building My Home Lab: Part 1]]>https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/building-my-home-lab-part-1-dd7daaf6e2e4https://tidbit.theosintion.com/p/building-my-home-lab-part-1-dd7daaf6e2e4Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:01:01 GMT
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I have been collecting old computers from friends and family for some time, and I always said that I was going to stand up a lab. I have finally started to put …

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