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What is this "open source data?"
by virusduck 7y ago
What is this "open source data?"
- maxlybbert 7y agoIn military/spy discussions, “open source” means “doesn’t require a spy to collect” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence ).
- lostlogin 7y agoI assume you are referring to this bit. > The researchers discovered that you can find out a lot from open source data, including Facebook profiles and people-search websites It had me wondering too.
- taylorfinley 7y agoOpen Source is used here in the same sense as in "OSINT," Open Source intelligence, which is gathering publicly available data to infer information that your targets likely wouldn't volunteer directly.