Privacy, OPSEC, Obfuscation, Infosec, Digital Profiling and The-OSINT-Toolbox.
Happy New Year, 2025 could be the year for you to refresh your Privacy knowledge, or take a first look at your Privacy. When I speak to people about Privacy either in passing or more in-depth, the common reply I receive is, “I have nothing to hide.” That may well be the case but, it … Read More “Privacy, A Reality Check.” »
Element came to my attention a few years ago. I had heard people in the privacy community talking about it. I wanted to see from both an OSINT and Privacy perspective what I could find out, what was freely available to be discovered. Since 2016, Element has been known in other guises such as, Riot … Read More “Element – The New(ish) Kid On The Block” »
I suppose there is a certain paradox in relation to having content about OSINT, OPSEC & Privacy on the same website. Why would someone who is involved in OSINT care about a person’s Privacy or why would someone who is keen on their Privacy care about OSINT or OPSEC. I hope from the explanation below … Read More “Introduction to Digital Exposure” »
It is 2 years since I did my first blog relating to messenger apps and what from an OSINT perspective we could find from them. In OSINT you will hear a lot said about false, positives, well what about false negatives. I have decided to do a short follow up blog on Telegram and how … Read More “Telegram Fundamentals” »
So for my latest blog I decided too see if free Wi-Fi is indeed free or whether it comes with a hidden cost. Now I don’t use public Wi-Fi not because it is inherently vulnerable, as I can use a VPN to negate some of the risk, however for those who don’t use a VPN … Read More “Free Wi-fi, is it free?” »
I have been posting about WhatsApp recently so I thought I would make them all into a small blog. I was surprised (Or maybe I wasn’t) that It was recently revealed that the Prime Minister was using WhatsApp to communicate with his cabinet. The Digital Exposure vulnerabilities to the PM, would immediately be apparent to … Read More “What’s Up, with WhatsApp” »
I suppose there is a certain paradox in relation to having content about OSINT, OPSEC & Privacy on the same website. Why would someone who is involved in OSINT care about a person’s Privacy or why would someone who is keen on their Privacy care about OSINT or OPSEC. I hope from the explanation below … Read More “Understanding The Links” »
Do you want more control over what recipients can do with your email and attachments? I have decided to put together a quick blog, nothing fancy on how you might want to have more control over how emails and attachments are treated by the recipient. I welcome any feedback if people have other tricks of … Read More “Do Not Forward or Copy!” »
Now, I thought I would write about something not totally OSINT related but maybe of use in some instances. As you know I like a bit of privacy too, so I thought I would do a little article on how we can achieve a little more privacy. We appear to spend vast sums on the … Read More “Something a Little Different” »
(First Published On Medium January 2020) Throughout 2019 one thing that is obvious about the OSINT community is how much work people do in their own time and how willing they are to share their work. So I decided that over the Christmas Holidays I would look at the many messenger apps that are available … Read More “OSINT & Messenger Apps” »
