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Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) is the practice of collecting, analyzing, and contextualizing publicly available information to support decision-making and investigations. It spans web data, social media, public records, and imagery, requiring methodological rigor, source validation and legal/ethical awareness. OSINT informs security, risk assessment and re…
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Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is the systematic collection and analysis of information from lawfully accessible public sources.
OSINT grew from intelligence and military analysis of publicly available information. The internet expanded the material through search engines, archives, and social platforms; journalism, research, and security work now also use structured OSINT methods.
Treat research as an evidence chain: narrow the question, find sources, check origin and date, compare clues, and separate observations from conclusions. One result is an indication, not established fact.
Relevant public data is gathered deliberately and with a traceable record.
Sources, dates, and claims are assessed through comparison and context.
Individual clues are combined into reasoned assessments with visible uncertainty.
OSINT supports situational awareness, fact-checking, security analysis, and research. Lawfulness, protection of people, source bias, and mistaken attribution must constrain every assessment.
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