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Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by kid64 »

throwup238 wrote: post #3

SWIM's recommendation for anyone wanting to learn is to sign up for Breachforum and read up on all of the contents in their OSINT subforum [1] where you can ask questions too. If you're willing to boogey on into the grey area, you can even download leaked datasets from BreachForum, Leakbase.io, etc. to make your job a lot easier if it involves identifying people online - for example a few databases like AT&T customer…

Isn't that site now under FBI control?

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-...

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by blantonl »

runald wrote: post #38

Some funny anecdote, my fullname is relatively unique, two or three people have it AFAIK. On my upwork profile, they put the military veteran status because a completely unrelated military guy with the same name shows up in the google/linkedin search. I can't remove the status, I don't even look like the other guy.

Forced valor

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by webdevver »

blantonl wrote: post #43

There was a command line tool available where you could enter a few attributes (such as a username) and the tool would plow through just about every online service to find and report data. Anyone remember what it was?

perhaps 'sherlock'?

https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by binarysneaker »

blantonl wrote: post #43

There was a command line tool available where you could enter a few attributes (such as a username) and the tool would plow through just about every online service to find and report data. Anyone remember what it was?

https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by 8organicbits »

runald wrote: post #38

Some funny anecdote, my fullname is relatively unique, two or three people have it AFAIK. On my upwork profile, they put the military veteran status because a completely unrelated military guy with the same name shows up in the google/linkedin search. I can't remove the status, I don't even look like the other guy.

In some countries, falsely claiming military status is a crime. I'd be very careful about accepting any jobs using that profile as you may be committing fraud. (Not a lawyer)

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by blantonl »

webdevver wrote: post #44
blantonl wrote: post #43

There was a command line tool available where you could enter a few attributes (such as a username) and the tool would plow through just about every online service to find and report data. Anyone remember what it was?

perhaps 'sherlock'? https://github.com/sherlock-project/sherlock

yup, this was it. Thanks!

Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by orangesun »

kcaseg wrote: post #39

"Gather the Data: Use various tools and methods to collect information." "By following a structured approach and leveraging specialized tools, you can effectively gather, analyze, and verify information from publicly available sources." Am I paranoid or was this partly written by an LLM? Or is it just naturally so vague and generic. I mean most of the tips are kinda legit, but after the title I expected a little more…

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Re: Mastering Osint: How to Find Information on Anyone

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Post by runald »

8organicbits wrote: post #46
runald wrote: post #38

Some funny anecdote, my fullname is relatively unique, two or three people have it AFAIK. On my upwork profile, they put the military veteran status because a completely unrelated military guy with the same name shows up in the google/linkedin search. I can't remove the status, I don't even look like the other guy.

In some countries, falsely claiming military status is a crime. I'd be very careful about accepting any jobs using that profile as you may be committing fraud. (Not a lawyer)

Thanks for the heads-up. Not aware of any law like that from where I live, but I should file a ticket to remove the veteran status just in case.

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Post by [deleted] »

kcaseg wrote: post #39

"Gather the Data: Use various tools and methods to collect information." "By following a structured approach and leveraging specialized tools, you can effectively gather, analyze, and verify information from publicly available sources." Am I paranoid or was this partly written by an LLM? Or is it just naturally so vague and generic. I mean most of the tips are kinda legit, but after the title I expected a little more…

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