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Using the Internet as an Investigative Tool since the late 90’s & training OSINT / i3 since 2005, linked to @OSINT_Community, @Uni_Lancashire & @LocateCIO

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

🚨 The Global OSINT Conference 2026 is coming to London on 5 October.

A full day bringing together leaders from intelligence, policing, national security, journalism and technology.

Hosted by @nattyfried and Lindsay Whyte of the @OSINT_Community 🧵👇

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

@clyons_wilts many thanks, having some family time

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

I've written another OSINT related article for the UK OSINT Community, this one is on How to Use OSINT to Investigate UK Vehicles @ https://t.co/Iq07C2y9Om

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

UK vehicle OSINT guide 🚗🔎

How to identify vehicles from images, uncover partial number plates and investigate registrations, MOT history, insurance status and more.

Written by @UKOSINT 👇

https://t.co/9MKFHD8DaR

[The OSINT Newsletter @osintnewsletter]

SIERRA is a local-first desktop investigation workspace for organising evidence, entities, notes and timelines in one case graph 🗺️

Built by Phantom Helix Intelligence in Melbourne, it keeps context and chronology attached as your investigation evolves.

https://t.co/SGM6IMK8hf

[Silkie Carlo @silkiecarlo]

We’ve done it. We’ve killed the UK digital ID!!! 💪 🍾

Every single person who took a stand against this should be SO PROUD 🇬🇧

Commiserations to all those who said we’d never win.. and better luck next time (there will be one) to the Tony Blair Institute… 😘

[Ihtesham Ali @ihteshamali]

A guy named Jonah accidentally built the most useful website on the internet.

It's called Privacy Guides.

This is the website Google would rather you not find, Meta actively lobbies against, data brokers have tried to discredit for years, and the entire advertising industry treats as a direct threat to their business model.

It has been online since 2019. It takes no affiliate money. It runs no ads. Journalists cite it. Security researchers trust it.

Here's how it works.

Privacy Guides is a curated recommendation list. The site itself sells nothing.

It just tells you which private tool actually replaces every surveillance product in your life, tested by security researchers and updated every month, organized into 40+ categories with the exact reason each pick was chosen.

→ Browsers that block trackers and ads by default
→ Email providers that cannot read your messages
→ Search engines that do not build a profile on you
→ Password managers you can self-host
→ VPNs that accept cash and Monero and log nothing
→ Messengers with end-to-end encryption Signal-tier or better
→ Photo apps that do not scan your camera roll
→ Health apps that do not sell your data to insurance companies
→ A custom Android OS called GrapheneOS that strips Google out of your phone entirely

The site is run by a non-profit called MAGIC Grants. Every recommendation goes through a public forum review, a GitHub pull request, and criteria published on the site so anyone can audit why a tool was chosen. No company can pay to be listed. No affiliate link exists on the entire domain.

Google can't shut this down. Meta can't shut this down. Amazon can't shut this down.

The entire $600 billion surveillance advertising industry is built on the assumption that you would never spend one afternoon on this website.

https://t.co/BQJjD1jANC

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

So pleased to see that https://t.co/lqgKFk3953 is back up and working, it was by far the best reverse image tool for finding linked images & accounts for people, so we have added it back to the Reverse Image Searching page of our OSINT / i3 website @ https://t.co/NkzXbSFcbd

[OSINT Industries @OSINTindustries]

INTRODUCING: OSINT Connect UK, hosted by OSINT Industries. 🔎

OSINT Connect is coming to Bletchley Park.

Bringing together the best experts in law enforcement and government.

More coming soon.

Save the date.

📅 28th September, 2026
📍 Bletchley Park

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

I've written another OSINT related article for the UK OSINT Community, this one is on Your Digital Footprint During Online Investigations @ https://t.co/MiXqCqZi3S

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

OPSec guide for investigators 🛡️🔎

How to stop your browser exposing your identity, location or organisation during online investigations.

Written by @UKOSINT 👇

https://t.co/tO3FBj82Tt

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

530 people are registered for our London networking event on 29 July 🚀

Free drinks, food & OSINT/security/intel people in Canary Wharf.

Thanks @MaltegoHQ for sponsoring.

Still want to come? See below tweet thread 👇

Can’t make it? Please cancel your ticket.

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

🇬🇧 We’re delighted to welcome Edward Preece, COO of @PoliceDigital, to the Global OSINT Conference, where he’ll be chairing a panel.

Join leading voices across policing, intelligence, investigations and tech.

Get your ticket here 👇

[Forensic OSINT @ForensicOsint]

A free bilingual field guide to Chinese web OSINT just dropped.

Baidu dorks, corporate registries, court records, and the pivot terms that unlock them. By Matt Edmondson of Argelius Labs.

🔗 https://t.co/Pu90ndnGF2

#OSINT

[OSINT Industries @OSINTindustries]

We’re growing fast at OSINT Industries, and hiring more Sales Representatives 🚀

Help bring our platform to more law enforcement, government, and investigative teams worldwide.

Apply here 👇
https://t.co/DjkoJ9fsnQ

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[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Lisa Nandy has had two years to improve social media.

Instead, she's leaving Twitter for Instagram - even though political content there is also toxic.

Instead of fixing the problem, she's walking away.

Don't be like Lisa Nandy.

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

Yesterday I had a demo of https://t.co/27c68aAMU1 great new OSINT platform, think i2 or Maltego, it seemed easy to operate and very flexible, and I can see this one be very useful to anyone dealing with lots of intelligence research

[Amnesty UK @AmnestyUK]

If the Secretary of State responsible for social media regulation and oversight says X/Twitter "isn't healthy for our democracy or our communities" she should take more decisive action - not just leave the platform. 1/6 🧵

[uk-osint.net 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UKOSINT]

I've written some OSINT related articles for @OSINT_Community

[UK OSINT Community @OSINT_Community]

🔍 We’re launching OSINT 101: a new series of practical guides from the UK OSINT Community.

Our first guide, written by @UKOSINT, covers understanding breach data: what it is, why it matters, and how investigators can use it responsibly.

https://t.co/sHKLFAeFnW

[WAPINews @WAPInews]

NEWS - "WITHOUT COMMENT" - ICO ISSUES GUIDANCE ON RECOGNIZED LEGITIMATE INTEREST
Read more here:
https://t.co/Bo3IuFmq7l

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Here's a few modern terms and what they really mean.

'Data Centers' - Surveillance Network
'Palantir' - CIA Spy Agency
'Cloud Computing' - Stealing your work
'AI' - Stealing your work, profiting from it, and giving you nothing
'Protecting childen' - Spying on everyone

[Aaron Roberts @AaronCTI]

10 new tools in the OSINT Portal this week: Usernames, analyst workbenches, web/version fingerprinting, CVE PoC triage, phishing, and social/account OSINT among others.

Highlights: AEGIS, argus, CommiPiste, CVE PoC Search, Raven, SentinelDeck.

https://t.co/qt69ePAv4R