Yes, unfortunately I've also observed that while "OSINT" is theoretically a legitimate, white-hat thing, in practice it's very often used as whitewashed brandin

Yes, unfortunately I've also observed that while "OSINT" is theoretically a legitimate, white-hat thing, in practice it's very often used as whitewashed branding for malicious (often "righteous") doxxing. Similar to black hats for hire forums that claim to just be about "security research"