#OSINT is a two-edged sword. Tech can help it be weaponised against anyone — for good and for bad. General OSINT literacy + understanding its potential misuse are crucial. A worthwhile read: cybernews.com/privacy/ice-... #surveillance #surveillancetech #digitalforensics #eff #socmedia

Classic moments in #australianjournalism #73: www.instagram.com/reel/DLtmfoZ...

Challenge: What did I just punch? Answers under the spoiler post, please (ie, the next image below.) #whatdidijustpunch #osintchallenge #xmasgiftchallenge

Excellent #OSINT work in this report. Every minute is worth watching.

Off topic: Any other #adhd folk have a habit of buying lottery tickets but never checking to see if they’ve won anything? I’ve done that for years. For all I know I’m a millionaire many times over while living on the income of a low-level academic. 🙄🤷🏻

To get higher quality version of an image posted on #bluesky: Right-click image to open in new tab In the URL: 1. Replace "feed_thumbnail" with "feed_fullsize" 2. Replace "@jpeg" with "@png" Voila. #OSINT @quiztime #geolocation @juliabayer.bsky.social @tlmn.bsky.social @henkvaness.bsky.social

Thrilled to partner with The Guardian to have it republish my @indicator.media story about Diddy AI slop videos racking up views on YouTube. You can read for free here: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

MUST-WATCH Great segment re “AI slop” infesting socmedia/internet (Last Week Tonight, 23/6) Clips: youtube.com/shorts/wtqAx... youtube.com/shorts/V6dNs... This crap has annoyed me for yonks. Used to reply “Don’t post AI crap” whenever I saw it. Now I reply #noaislop. Hope it trends. 🤞🏻🤞🏼🤞🏾 :})

Just got a call from a scammer. The recorded massage ended up on my voicemail — half in English, half in Mandarin. iOS17 kindly auto-translated the message for me … [Feel free to trace the phone number, if you like. They’re usually “not in service”]

Welcome to @quiztime.bsky.social and it’s #MondayQuiz 🥚 What piece for which puzzle is it? 📮reply just to me with an answer 🤝 reply to all for collaboration 🌈have fun

Attn investigative journos Last-minute notice but worth signing up: gijn.org/event/gijn-w... #climatejournalism #fossilfuelinvestigation @gijn.org

Very pleased to see you’ve joined the OSINT/fact-checking field, @beaudonelly.bsky.social A bit of OSINT might have helped locate the owner of that US college pin/medal (??) back at MMP …

An Open Letter from fact-checkers to #MarkZuckerberg via @poynterinstitute.bsky.social At a time it's needed more than ever, the decision to drop #factchecking on #Meta is cowardly, dangerous pandering [NB: Those are my words, not Poynter's] #assaultontruth www.poynter.org/ifcn/2025/an...

🇷🇺 You can use ADSBexchange to follow Russian aircraft using this one filter. It works because the ICAO have assigned 100000 to 1FFFFF (hex) to Russia, and those numbers are assigned to Russian-owned aircraft by the government. Filter ICAO (Regex): ^1 👉 globe.adsbexchange.com?filtericao=%...

Another great take by Heather RC, my fave commentator on the current US moment. She explains historical context+precedent with clarity, draws insightful parallels, reveals the forces at work & suggests strategies to resist+repair. Thanks, Tim. Thanks, Heather. @thebulwark.bsky.social 🙏🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻👍🏻

Another month of #OSINT games … Must be Christmas ;}) https://challenge.bellingcat.com/

Looking for some fun Xmas #OSINT challenges? Try #osint4fun’s Advent of OSINT 2024. A new challenge every day. Play solo or as a team. www.osint4fun.eu/advent2024/en/

Anyone here aware of folks/projects looking for/tracking/warning about #bots n fake accounts on @bsky.app? Is there an internal team monitoring? Perhaps users should set up a list/ warning hash to ID confirmed fakes — or would that be too easily abused?

@craigsilverman.bsky.social posted this over on the X place. Big If True: new show about navigating #misinfo & #disinfo Must check it out. #fcnv #factchecking https://x.com/bigiftruetvo/status/1858956993949569467?s=46

10 Essential #OSINT Newsletters You Should Subscribe to Today (by Nina Maelainine) OSINT Team OSINT Newsletter OSINT Jobs OSINT Ambition Forensic OSINT Digital Investigations Cyber Detective Gary Ruddell’s OSINT OSINT Drip Ervin Zubic on Medium osintteam.blog/10-essential...

Know what I don’t miss about X? Having to delete the constant flow of new followers whose avatar is a sexy woman, whose accnt was created mid 2023, who follows 6-7000 accnts, who has 60-80 followers and who has never posted. They must be real people, though, because Elon got rid of the bots. Right?

Found a new tool, used by a student in an assignment I'm marking: Use #filmot to search for key words+phrases in YouTube subtitles, captions and transcripts https://filmot.com Just had a play with it. Very useful. #OSINT #OSINTsearch #OSINTtools

And the day 2 recording is here - really enjoyed the session on ship tracking from Ollie Ballinger, Bridget Diakun and Yoruk Isik, who cleverly tracked down the whole ecosystem of ships smuggling Russian oil www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DM8...

a piece of bluesky lore i hold close to my heart: apparently this was the first skeet to reach 1,000 likes, at which point i found out that the devs had actively decided not to add the “,” for numbers >999 until they saw a post hit it lmfao. legends

Is The Guardian the first major news org to give up on X/Twitter or just the first of many? https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/11/the-guardian-wont-post-on-x-anymore-but-isnt-deleting-its-accounts-there-at-least-for-now/

Looks like the assault on #bsky is happening. Monitor your profile and report imposters. We need to protect this platform’s integrity for it to be an effective replacement for the Twitter/X fiasco. x.com/thejackhopki...

This is why we’re here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Looks like the band is getting back together … #OSINT

This is why good and smart #OSINT practitioners look beyond page one of any search engine it’s results. And also this why you need to learn how to “Google dork”. Great story on what we can call “accidental OSINT” hidden gem found: www.bbc.com/news/article...

@knowledgefight.bsky.social Hey there. Sure you know, but just in case … Hannity fessed up the man in the video of the “immigrant” being assaulted was not an immigrant. Chris Hayes gave him and Fox a spanking for it today. Listen from 19:45 in the podcast iyi.

Happy #WednesdayQuiz @quiztime! This is a first try for a quiz here on bluesky. "Des Kaiser's neue Kleider"/"The emperor's new clothes" - when did I (roughly) take this photo? 📝 Answers go below the spoiler barrier GIF 👇🏻

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Dear bsky, I know this ain’t Twitter but … Are hashtags not a thing here? How do I find likeminded peeps? Can I tag others? How would anyone find this post? Signed, bs newbie