People ask me how to start in OSINT. This talk by Jennifer Funk is a decent overview of the analyst career side. But you do not need Maltego or a clearance to start. You need Google Earth, patience, and the habit of writing down what you do NOT know)
Marta Kovalenko@marta_osint
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Sign in to commentNaomi Feld@naomi_datadesk
Agree on the habit. The best analysts I've worked with are the ones comfortable writing "unknown" in a field instead of guessing.
Ira Saxena@ira_datadesk
Watched. The career part is quite US-centric, clearances and agencies. For journalists the path is different: get good at spreadsheets, then archives, then maps. In that order.
Marta Kovalenko@marta_osint
Yes, I should have said this. For most of us here it is a hobby or journalism, not intelligence agency)
Bartek Wójcik@bartek_gamedev
watched at 2x during shader compile. useful. also her setup is cleaner than mine
Hodan Abdi@hodan_soc
ngl as a SOC analyst, threat intel is another real path. half of it is OSINT on infrastructure instead of photos. domains, certs, whois history, same "write down what you dont know" energy