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		jtbayly on Oct 16, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab... > In cases where that was insufficient, account information combined with open source intelligence and standard investigative techniques were enough to identify users. What is open source intelligence?

33degrees on Oct 16, 2019 | [–]

Intelligence based on public sources as opposed to clandestine ones. Nothing to do with open source software.

maximente on Oct 16, 2019 | | [–]

the wiki article is solid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence

skeptical900067 on Oct 16, 2019 | | [–]

Iirc OSINT is information that is intentionally publically available, like county arrest records.

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