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OSINT is glorified web-scraping =)

• mikrl 4y ago
  Web scraping of a particular set of data, all of which has a locus you may find surprising (you)
• junon 4y ago
  What are you credentials? As someone who does "OSINT", and has tried to automate it -- no, it is not glorified web scraping.
  • asdadsdad 4y ago
    you may be doing manually because most information out there is not as digested as we'd hope it to be, but if you eventually scrape your sources, your life would be infinitely easier and your work much more powerful. The NSA was doing some "OSINT" not too long ago... imagine if you scrape Instagram, facebook, linkedin, maps, etc.
    • junon 4y ago
      You have no idea what you're talking about, sorry. Show me how you automatically "digest" a photo into geolocated coordinates or a chronolocated timestamp, please.
      • asdadsdad 4y ago
        Not all OSINT is geolocation and belling cat, dude.
        • junon 4y ago
          I didn't assert either of those things.
      • asdadsdad 4y ago
        in fact, a huge chunk of it is threat intel