Open Source Investigations
Digital Security
Even if you are not working on a sensitive story, you are a target if your colleagues are working on a sensitive story. Developing a strong security posture is paramount in the news industry. It not only affects you, it will affect the people around you. Passwords vs Passphrases When it comes to passwords, length is better…
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OSI Verification
Open Source Investigations Verification This tutorial is about performing forensic analysis on social media to verify its authenticity. Often this type of analysis is used in determining: Whether social media, like photographs or videos, really depict what they purport; Fact-checking breaking news events and their chronology based on open source information, such as social media…
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Databases of Statistical Information
Databases of Statistical Information A wealth of demographic and other data is available on a city, county, state and national level in the United States. But navigating the maze of government and private agencies that collect data to find statistics on a particular topic is often daunting. This guide lists the websites of major US…
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Public Records Act or FOIA Requests FOIA & Databases Freedom of Information Act FOIA stands for the Freedom of Information Act, a national law (5 U.S.C. § 552) that requires federal agencies to make available information to the public with some exceptions.FOIA is now used as a colloquialism in the United States as any type of…
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