Abstract
This chapter looks at the essential applications, websites and services used by practitioners to form their OSINT toolkit, which may range from simple browser plug-ins to online services, reference databases and installed applications and every practitioner will have their list of favourites. The chapter does not recommend a particular piece of software or service or give detailed advice for specific system set-ups, rather it aims to equip the reader and their organisation with a framework to assess the tools at their disposal to give them some reassurance that they are suitable for their OSINT investigation and can demonstrate that they are secure, reliable, and legal.
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OSINT Training by Michael Bazzell’: https://inteltechniques.com/links.html, accessed April 2016; www.uk-osint.net, accessed April 2016. http://www.uk-osint.net/; ‘OSINTINSIGHT’: http://www.osintinsight.com/index.php, accessed April 2016; Toddington Resources: https://www.toddington.com/resources/, accessed April 2016.
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http://www.avg.com/gb-en/eula—“Authorized Purposes means with respect to Free Solutions and Beta Solutions, your personal, non-commercial use”.
https://www.avast.com/en-gb/eula-avast-free-products—“You are not permitted to use the Software in connection with the provision of any commercial services…”.
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For wider challenges in a law enforcement environment see Sampson (2015).
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Revell, Q., Smith, T., Stacey, R. (2016). Tools for OSINT-Based Investigations. In: Akhgar, B., Bayerl, P., Sampson, F. (eds) Open Source Intelligence Investigation. Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47671-1_10
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