Ginger T

OSINT | OPSEC | Obfuscation | Privacy | Digital Exposure Risks, Enthusiast & Blogger.
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[Ginger T @cqcore]

@illyrian598 It is protected by Cloudflare and from experience will rate limit you. If you are using a VPN try a different IP.

It is working for me.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

FYI you may have noticed recently that https://t.co/I5zsDzQHKn was offline.

Well it's back up and running.

#OSINT definitely rocks.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

With the release of Apple iOS 27.2 we are moving on to the next chapter. If it is as private and secure as they say, it is potentially better than the previous methods.

#cybersecurity #security #ageverification #verification

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[Ginger T @cqcore]

The Sunday Snippet: -
If you follow my posts, you will know that I have been tracking age verification solutions closely. I have been saying for a while now that we are moving towards device level verification as a standard as opposed to individual apps verifying your age.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

The Friday 5 #OSINT Roundup is here. Thank you for the shout-out @ForensicOsint 🙏🏻

[Forensic OSINT @ForensicOsint]

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Nico Dekens on using Grok to map an X account leads this week's Friday 5, plus Bellingcat's satellite pair, OPSEC, a due diligence story (fiction) and my career guide for teens and mentors.

🔗 https://t.co/WW2mAGHQoK

#OSINT

[Ginger T @cqcore]

@OSINT_Tactical This is a great point raised and highlights the schism in the OSINT community.

Many people that I train for one reason or another are unable to run tools locally or afford black box solutions.

They rely on the free tools that are available.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

I have always said that you should look to use as many #OSINT tools as you can access as is you need to validate and verify the results they present. Below are some images relating to a search I did. The first tool I used was using Sherlock in the back end to obtain its results.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

You always need to validate the tool you are using is working properly and then verify the results are reliable.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

From memory Sherlock when first launched queried about 30 sites. Some now check in access of 500. This has meant the risk of false positives increasing. Can you imagine you are researching a subject and you get positive hits on various sites. You then decide not verify them.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

If you subscribe the new article will have dropped into your inbox today. If you don’t subscribe you can still get a feel for my thoughts about OPSEC.

#OSINT #OPSEC

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[Ginger T @cqcore]

It was a privilege to be asked to submit an article to the Indicator. I've known @CraigSilverman through the OSINT community for a number of years now and it was good to catch up with him in Australia.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

The second way is to use this URL - https://t.co/daICsxgEKu (Type USERNAME as shown in uppercase) Gravatar cannot find an account USERNAME, so it will take you to an error page where you can simply input your email of interest.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

Within the #OSINT community there is a well-known trick of hashing an email address to find an account on Gravatar.

I am going to show you 2 other ways to find a Gravatar account without having to hash the email address.

It's always good to have options.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

The first one is to visit https://t.co/dVNTWyLELC and simply input the email of interest.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

Listen to what people had to say about the @OSINT_Community Global #OSINT Conference

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🌍 Global OSINT Conference 2026

Investigators, police, journalists and intelligence professionals came together in London to share skills and build connections.

Thank you to everyone who attended!

Watch why the conference matters 👇

[Ginger T @cqcore]

Looking forward to attending and presenting at the @OSINT_Community Global OSINT conference.

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

⏳ Just 24 hours until the Global OSINT Conference!

A day of OSINT, fresh ideas and meeting the people behind the investigations.

See you tomorrow! 🙌

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

⏳ Just 24 hours until the Global OSINT Conference!

A day of OSINT, fresh ideas and meeting the people behind the investigations.

See you tomorrow! 🙌

[Ginger T @cqcore]

He also looked at the Privacy aspect of the platform to see what information you could lose if the platform was breached.

A truly exceptional podcast.

#OSINT

https://t.co/35cm6E9YNQ

[Ginger T @cqcore]

Whilst on my travels recently I was catching up on my podcasts and I listened to the @osintpodcast hosted by @jakecreps Jake has been active in the OSINT community for many years now. It was refreshing to hear that Jake didn't just say this is a new OSINT tool, he dissected it.

[Ginger T @cqcore]

Jake talked about OPSEC, Critical Thinking around how best to obtain the most information / intelligence.

He talked about the security of the platform and it was excellent to hear him give the owners of the platform some cyber security advice too.