NeedleStack
By Authentic8
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NeedleStack co-hosts interview professional open-source researchers who discuss tips, tricks and insights into the practice of digital investigative research. Whether you’re an open-source expert or aficionado, tune in to learn how to hone your skills, improve your craft and protect yourself as you search the surface, deep and dark web.
From Authentic8, creators of Silo for Research. Visit authentic8.com/needlestack to learn more!
| Episode | Date |
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Alligator in the Boat
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Navigating the Ransomware Negotiation
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Best Practices For Open-Source Investigations
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Exploring the Dark Web: Myths and Realities
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Navigating China's Strategic Landscape
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Is Mass Surveillance Helping or Hindering Intelligence?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Mastering the Art of Disappearing Online
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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The Rise of Citizen OSINT, and What to Do About It
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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What is Cyber HUMINT?
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Dealing with AI Slop in OSINT Investigations
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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What is GEOINT in OSINT?
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Ransomware’s Collateral Damage
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Identifying fraud in financial services
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Adding Agentic AI to Analysis
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Hacker Summer Camp 2025
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Intelligence tradecraft in the digital age
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Using OSINT to protect celebrities and athletes
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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An OSINT investigator’s toolkit
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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AI as an insider threat
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Adventures in OSINT Red Teaming
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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How culture can inform OSINT investigations
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May 28, 2025 |
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Ransomware gangs and OSINT
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May 14, 2025 |
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Using AI in OSINT investigations
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Entering infosec as an outsider! Tips from a librarian turned cyber analyst
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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What is counterintelligence?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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"We’re back, and we’re your new hosts"
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Using OSINT to investigate organized animal crime
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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Investigating influence operations
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Is Telegram the place for cyber investigators?
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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OSINT for executive protection
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Word up: learning foreign languages for OSINT with Skip Schiphorst
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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OSINT after dark with MJ Banias
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May 14, 2024 |
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Securing high-risk communities
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May 07, 2024 |
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Demystifying dark web research for enterprise and law enforcement
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Breaking in: how to use OSINT for pen testing
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Lockbit and the stories behind ransomware with Jon DiMaggio
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Legal and OSINT: hunting down the bullsh*t
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Security research: humans in the loop with John Hammond
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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What’s up with OSINTUp?
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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OSINT training in 2024
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Digital investigation techniques with Craig Silverman
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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OPSEC on the internet’s dark side with Sam Bent
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Social media intelligence gathering with Ritu Gill
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Training law enforcement on trafficking with Griffin Glynn
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The myths and misconceptions of child protection
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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Can AI identify AI?
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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OSINT by day and night
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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How AI is disrupting OSINT for better or worse
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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Keeping up with AI and social media
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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AI-enhanced technology for frictionless borders
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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The ethical use of AI in open-source investigations
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Leveraging generative AI for OSINT
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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LifeRaft: What security teams need to know about ChatGPT
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Maritime OSINT deep dive with Rae Baker
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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GEOINT for funsies with JoseMonkey
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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USGIF GEOINT Symposium acronym spectacular
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May 31, 2023 |
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The good and bad of geotags
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May 16, 2023 |
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The future of GEOINT
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May 09, 2023 |
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Hard-to-hear OSINT truths
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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The youths and their TikTok: a SOCMINT symposium recap
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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What if we taught OSINT to high schoolers?
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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Think like an investigator
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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Take-home tips for OSINT Curious researchers
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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Networking your way to better OSINT
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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How OSINT is changing in federal government
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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OSINT’s journey from academia to decision-makers
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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Is your digital fingerprint following you into 2023?
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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The Best of Season 1
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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Book club: This Is How They Tell Me The World Ends
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Book club: We Are Bellingcat
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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Practical OSINT tips from the field
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Subverting censorship through tech
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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How to perform a fact-check: from start to finish
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Verifying what you see in the media
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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Why Russian disinformation is so effective
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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Where Woodward meets Holmes: OSINT and investigative journalism
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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The AI tracking alt-social media
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Autopsy of a story: the art and science of fact-checking
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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Pro tips for intel team “care and feeding”
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Using OSINT to identify weaknesses
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Intelligence sharing for the greater good
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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Information is not intelligence
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Red team, blue team, stopping hack fiends
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Your dark web questions answered
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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Dear Darknet Diaries: dark web stories with Jack Rhysider
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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The Silk Road and other dark destinations with Eileen Ormsby
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May 31, 2022 |
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Dark web research tips for the OSINT-curious
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May 24, 2022 |
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Investigating financial crimes on the dark web
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May 17, 2022 |
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Follow the money: how cryptocurrency shines a light in the dark web
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May 10, 2022 |
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Ready to turn out the light? An intro to the dark web
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May 03, 2022 |
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Listeners live April 2022
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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OSINT’s crucial role in CTI
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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How OSINT informs executive protection
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Where trust and safety meets OSINT
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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How law enforcement is using OSINT
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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OSINT in a tense world
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Listeners live February 2022
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Feb 15, 2022 |
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Know thyself, disguise thyself
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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Hidden dangers of the digital fingerprint
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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What's in your digital fingerprint
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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VPNs, Incognito, free Wi-Fi, oh my!
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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The podcast for professional online research
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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Online research: your risk, your reward
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Jan 18, 2022 |