Welcome to OSINT Exercise #028!
Task briefing:
Sometimes the fastest way to geolocate an image is to track down the movements of the person behind the lens. I took the photo on the right on 20 September 2023, at 08:11 local time.
Your task is to determine:
a) What device I used to take the photograph.
b) Where I was headed.
c) How far I was from the entrance of my destination.
Bonus challenge: In which hotel did I stay?
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Difficulty level:
Beginners: a) Medium, b) Easy, c) Medium
Experts: a) Easy, b) Easy, c) Easy
Solution and full walkthrough
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List of walkthroughs created by the OSINT community for this exercise
- Cat Soup – “City Crawl: Sofia Santos OSINT Exercise #028 Write-up” ⭐
- Donovan Engelmann – “Gralhix OSINT Exercise #028 — Solution“
- Yahlos – “OSINT Exercise #028: Tracking Devices, Destinations, and Hotels” ⭐
- walnut – “OSINT Exercise #028“
- Ragmthy – “OSINT Exercise 028“
- Wandering Jackdaw – “Walkthrough for exercise 28 by Sofia Santos on Gralhix“
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