They probably are. Listened to a podcast about OSINT the other day (OSINT = Open Source Intelligence, gathering publicly available information online). The guy that was interviewed all but confirmed that he works for law enforcement. He mentioned that he spent the past few months gathering evidence, mostly pulling in livestreams from protesters.
https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/185-osint-tips-tools-training
The part about pulling livestreams starts just before the 1 hr mark. The podcast is generally more focused on privacy than OSINT so if you want know how to avoid getting doxxed the other episodes are worth a listen too!
They probably are. Listened to a podcast about OSINT the other day (OSINT = Open Source Intelligence, gathering publicly available information online). The guy that was interviewed all but confirmed that he works for law enforcement. He mentioned that he spent the past few months gathering evidence, mostly pulling in livestreams from protesters.
I'm always skeptical of these "osint" people, most of the time they're only cops or feds inside their own heads.
Basically the wackers of the internet.
This guy used to be a fed. Can't verify though since he actually made himself unfindable.
You got a link to that podcast? I want to hear, too. It sounds cool.
https://soundcloud.com/user-98066669/185-osint-tips-tools-training The part about pulling livestreams starts just before the 1 hr mark. The podcast is generally more focused on privacy than OSINT so if you want know how to avoid getting doxxed the other episodes are worth a listen too!