From dodging misinformation to archiving video and testing LLM geolocation, this episode unpacks the latest tactics and tradecraft shaping open-source investigations.
In the fourth episode of the rebooted OSINT Podcast, host Jake Creps explores how OSINT is being used - and misused - across today’s information landscape. This instalment highlights new tools, recent community research, and practical case studies that show how to adapt your methods in a fast-changing environment.
Highlights include:
📰 A Guide To Monitoring Conflict Amidst a Sea of Misinformation – how investigators separate signal from noise when tracking warfare online.
🕵️ Private Investigator Case Studies: How We Find the Unfindable – ten concise examples of creative approaches from professional PIs.
🔁 Trillions of Posts Go Dark on Facebook – Here’s Your Flashlight – lessons in building redundancy when platforms change or go offline.
🎥 YouTube Video Finder – a tool that aggregates archives to recover lost content and metadata.
🌍 GeoIntel – experimenting with LLMs to bulk-check and narrow down geolocation candidates.
📂 Council Meeting Transcript Search – making static datasets more accessible with smarter search.
Each segment highlights practical ways OSINT practitioners can sharpen their methods, while also showing the risks and limits of open-source intelligence.
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