Investigating AI as a Consumer Platform: Part of the OSINT Toolkit
KirbyPublished on: 09/06/2026
AI platforms are creating new digital footprints. Here's why they belong in the modern OSINT toolkit.
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How Friend Overlap Analysis Reveals Hidden Accounts, Alternate Personas, and Social Graph Secrets
KirbyPublished on: 23/04/2026
In the world of open-source intelligence, the most powerful insights rarely come from what is explicitly visible. Instead, they emerge from patterns, connections, overlaps, and relationships that most people never think to analyze.
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AI Is Already Inside Your Business, And You’re Probably Not Auditing It
KirbyPublished on: 23/03/2026
There’s a paradox happening. Organizations are debating whether to “adopt AI,” while simultaneously, AI is already embedded in the tools their teams use every day. No announcement. No rollout plan. No big transformation initiative. Just quietly becoming more efficient.
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Why We Created the Applied Investigations Spring Cohort | Tool Evaluation Cohort
Published on: 15/03/2026
Investigators today operate in an environment defined by rapid technological change. The number of available OSINT platforms, analytical tools, and data sources continues to expand at an unprecedented rate. While this growth presents new opportunities, it also introduces a practical challenge: how to systematically evaluate and integrate tools into investigative workflows. Many investigators rely on a core set of tools that they have used for years, while others adopt new platforms based on peer recommendations, conference demonstrations, or vendor marketing. In both cases, organizations often lack a structured methodology for assessing tools, comparing capabilities, and determining how they fit within existing investigative processes. We created this cohort to address that gap.
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