Our ability to access online content depends on where we are based. Websites, platforms, organisations, and even entire countries may choose to restrict access to certain content based on geographic location. This practice, commonly known as geoblocking, primarly relies on detecting a user’s IP address to determine their whereabouts. The motivations beind these restrictions may... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Finding data online is one of the fundamental skills necessary to become a great OSINT analyst. However, data gathering and information retrieval can be challenging in the vastness of the World Wide Web. One of the most effective ways to start... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Introduction Twitter is (still) one of the best social media platforms to start your OSINT investigation. With a vast user base who share content in real time, the platform is a goldmine for OSINT analysts seeking to gather data on a... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Introduction Occasionally you will come across videos that will tell you exactly where they were filmed. You'll get excited thinking that geolocating it will be extremely fast and easy. You jump to Google Maps, write the name of the village and... Continue Reading →
This entry was updated in April 2023 to cover the new TweetDeck layout and settings (Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Twitter and TweetDeck as monitoring tools Twitter is a huge social media platform where millions of users share content daily. Although many see it as a... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Introduction The ability to find localised information is extremely important when carrying out live investigations. Often in my workday as an OSINT analyst I am tasked with finding data on ongoing events to help gather more evidence about what happened. This... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Introduction Part of any OSINT investigation is finding reliable data that can be analysed and verified in order to end up on a report that, later on, can be disseminated into the wider public. As a member of a big team... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) Introduction A few days ago I came across a video on twitter that at first seemed fairly easy to geolocate. The tweet mentioned the name of the city where the incident was happening and the type of infrastructure affected. The footage... Continue Reading →
(Click here to watch and listen to the video version of this blog entry) What happens when you have to geolocate a photo or a video and there's no available google street view or panoramic images to help you out? Sometimes you will have to find the coordinates of locations so remote that there are... Continue Reading →
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