Person Investigation
Last modified: 2023-08-22
OSINT
Reconnaissance
Accounts in Social Media & Other Platforms
The target person may use some social media. So first check if the account exists in each platform.
- GitHub
- Threads
- TikTok
- X (formerly Twitter)
- YoutTube
Google Dorking
Assume the target person named John Smith.
<social_media> john smith
<social_media> jsmith
<social_media> j.smith
# add the year of birth
<social_media> john1999
For example,
facebook jsmith
reddit jsmith
twitter jsmith
IOSINT (Image OSINT) for Account Pictures
If the person sets the picture as user profile or posts, we can investigate the information about the image using IOSINT.
Older Account Pages
Using WayBackMachine, we can gather older information about the target person in each platform.
In WayBackMachine, search the following URLs.
# Reddit
http://old.reddit.com/user/<username>
https://www.reddit.com/user/<username>
# Twitter
https://twitter.com/<username>