Investigating Sadistic Online Exploitation (SOE): Avoiding Vicarious Trauma and No Touch Research

Investigating Sadistic Online Exploitation (SOE): Avoiding Vicarious Trauma and No Touch Research

Investigating Sadistic Online Exploitation (SOE): Avoiding Vicarious Trauma and No Touch ResearchSarah
Published on: 07/12/2025

Content Warning: This material contains offensive language and potentially sensitive topics that some (most) readers may find disturbing. While investigating a particularly despicable topic for an OSINT project, Sarah followed what appeared to be a harmless link to a small video-sharing site.

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Why Every OSINT Professional Should Know Sarah Womer

Why Every OSINT Professional Should Know Sarah Womer

Written By Kirby Plessas
Published on: 25/10/2025

Every once in a while, you meet someone who raises the bar for everyone around them. For us at Plessas Experts Network, that person is Sarah Womer. From the moment we began working together, it was clear that Sarah was extraordinary. Over the past decade, she has become one of the most respected and admired members of our team: a sharp analyst, a steady leader, and an oracle who blends technical expertise with authentic passion.

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Quick CSEs - a guide to making CSEs efficient for temporary usages (with AI)

Quick CSEs - a guide to making CSEs efficient for temporary usages (with AI)

Quick CSEs - a guide to making CSEs efficient for temporary usages (with AI)Kirby
Published on: 12/04/2025

Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs) are underutilized resources. They can be made quickly and robustly and shared with the whole team. And they don’t have to be permanent (or semi-permanent) tools. They are easy enough to make, with the help of AI, to create for one-time use.

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New Facebook ID numbers for pages?

New Facebook ID numbers for pages?

Written By Kirby Plessas
Published on: 19/03/2025

For anyone who has been doing deep searches on Facebook, the ID number of a page is critical information. Recently, I’ve noticed that the employer and education pages IDs were not working in either the advanced search tools like SowSearch or the manual Base64 translation method. I have worked out the change and restored my search capabilities, but I would like to outline how this might be done for anyone should this happen in the future.

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