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Andrew Wimsatt was a beautiful, gentle, generous man. Absolute, no-contest #1 fan of @wethefifth, and also @KatTimpf & @Gutfeldfox. We are reeling, and remembering him with fondness and gratitude.
I am very saddened to learn that my friend @ajwimsatt was incomprehensibly murdered Monday. He was a gentle and generous soul, a frequent contributor to Dave's Car ID Service, and a big supporter of my son's music. He will be greatly missed.
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A must-read for US-based PIs by @nciss_assoc's Matt Spaier. Public records restrictions are real and becoming more painful by the day! workingpimag.com/2026/02/26/β¦
This year's #FOIAFest in Chicago (3/21) is shaping up to be great: A day of nerding out about Freedom of Information Act requests, kicking off with "#FOIA Terrorist" @JasonLeopold eventbrite.com/e/foia-fest-2β¦
Useful tips on navigating Adult Friend Finder #DatingApps4OSINT mashable.com/article/is-adulβ¦
Having a productive locating relevant Subreddits and mining posts with a combo or Search Whisperer and Ai Research Pilot. Thank you @henkvaness! #DDsubscriber
With the still high-trafficked @DRUDGE Report utilizing archive.today to link to articles usually behind a paywall, I'm getting a tad anxious about this amazing resource staying around for #OSINTers
Great sessions this afternoon at the @SANSDefense #OSINTSummit with @osintmillennial sharing hands-on tips gleaned on the job, followed by a captivating presentation by @tonylturner on stylometry for software, basically, reviewing the code for clues to trace its origins.
What's not to love about Sean Conover's closing remarks at @SANSInstitute #OSINTSummit: "You have to meet people where they are and not where you want them to be". (Yes, and that means Discord.) Also: "Meet them where they are not where they want you to be."
...and the award for classiest conference swag goes to @epieos for no less than their own branded champagne. Trying out their professional tool yesterday put me in a celebratory mood as it jump started a case I was stuck on. Very powerful tool! Congrats fellow compatriots!
Day 2 of the @SANSInstitute #OSINTSummit right now with a fascinating talk by Sean Conover on the history of strategic mining gaming and entertainment platforms for OSINT. The intergeneration learning here is fantastic (says this GenXer)
Having a great time already at the #OSINTSummit, being challenged by Andrew "the Swede" Borene ("If you're only looking at what's easy to see, you're already behind"π€) & learning from the best @matt0177 @nixintel. Thrilling to meet the @epieos crew from the Motherland in person!
Kicking off the #OSINTSummit, we have Andrew Borene of @FlashpointIntel is sharing the power of #OSINT in todayβs geopolitical landscape.
Join us: sans.org/u/1xPn
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"Like we keep saying, open access to records prevents fraud, not enables it." LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK!
Reminder: this all finally came to light, after years of rumors, because she was born in Massachusetts, which has OPEN-TO-THE-PUBLIC BIRTH CERTIFICATES, as do a few other states.
Like we keep saying, open access to records prevents fraud, not enables it.
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The remarkable @reclaimtherecords that is the leading force fighting NY public agencies for records access has a plan to fight the AWFUL newly-proposed law about New York State vital records access. We need to act by tomorrow 2/11 mailchi.mp/reclaimtherecordsβ¦
I'm sorry that the French woman duped by "Brad Pitt" is going through more hell . The common goal should be to lift the shame & encourage others. She said in the itw that she didn't feel "seen" at home; the scammer was "attentive." Lessons can be learned.
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"Mommy? What if TikTok is banned and you can't do your job any more?" Luckily, this wouldn't be the end of #OSINT investigators, but I have to say that TikTok is where the goods stuff is in 80% of the personal injury lawsuits I work on. People think they're stealth.
Trying geospy.ai/ CE following the presentation at the @skopenow OSINTLive day. The AI tool is pretty impressive: It analyzes photos to ID the location, based on vegetation, architecture, unique details (yellow fire hydrants are found in Chicago etc.)
Public records hero Steve Morse deserves high π for relentlessly acquiring NYS rolls year after year and making data eminently searchable stevemorse.org/nysvoters/nysβ¦
The dark side of the βtroubled teen industryβ from a fraud examinersβ perspective:
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September means... the resuming of the Tradesman RICO case re: the epidemic of staged construction falls. I've worked on these. Kudos to insurers for pushing back against corrupt lawyers, docs & gangs recruiting migrants ready to undergo unnecessary spinal surgeries.
On Wednesday, I look forward to sharing a few #OSINT tips & tricks with members of the Private Investigators Association of Idaho during a webinar on Employment Locates. As in: How do you find out if and where someone work? It can be a puzzle, for sure.
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