OSINT Field Notes - from Benjamin Strick
Benjamin StrickDigital investigations, OSINT tools, techniques and dispatches, from satellites to social media. Short, sharp, and always something you can use, in your inbox every month.
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OSINT Field Notes #8
Welcome to edition eight of OSINT Field Notes.
It’s been a busy month for movement data.
Conflict Insights Group used phone-location data, Wi-Fi network names, satellite imagery, flight tracking, and open-source reporting to follow Colom...
OSINT Field Notes #7
Fitness Trackers, Shadow Fleet, Satellite Blackouts and How To Investigate With Strava
Welcome to edition seven of OSINT Field Notes.
OSINT Field Notes #6
Satellite imagery, strike denial, a 1,431-page influence leak, and the feline facial recognition that gave away a money launderer.
Welcome to edition six of OSINT Field Notes.
OSINT Field Notes #5
Ships stealing names from the unbuilt, whale highways mapped like roads, a three-layer satellite stack and the $34 billion company arming Russia's airwaves.
Welcome to the fifth edition of OSINT Field Notes, a special edition for those see...
OSINT Field Notes #4
Film geolocation, hybrid warfare, laptop farms, broken redactions, and the camera map that did not come from Brown.
Welcome to the fourth edition of OSINT Field Notes and the first one for 2026.
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Investigator of wars, rights, and disinformation. I turn pixels, maps, and data into findings. OSINT Field Notes is my field guide to open-source investigations, with practical tools, methods, and case studies.
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