Research & Insights

Resources, methods, and observations from open-source investigations and technical research. Topics include information assessment, digital infrastructure, investigative workflows, and the online information environment.

Researching the Chinese-language web

A bilingual field guide to search, public records, and verification across the Chinese-language internet.

Python Website Monitor

I have several websites on the internet and the dark web used for labs in the SEC497 Practical OSINT course and the SEC587 Advanced OSINT

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Qgrep Speed Improvements

Yesterday, we talked about indexing and qgrep. Today let’s take a quick look at how much quicker searching with an index is. When I used

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