OSINT 101: How Hackers and Investigators Find Information Online (and How to Protect Yourself)
If a stranger had 30 minutes and an internet connection, how much could they learn about you? Your employer. Your social profiles. Maybe even where you like to spend Saturday mornings. That’s the power of OSINT—Open-Source Intelligence. It’s the practice of gathering and analyzing information from public sources: the open web, social platforms, government records,…