A Guide to Exploiting Social Media Sites for Intelligence Purposes

http://www.matthewaid.com/post/88183145306/a-guide-to-exploiting-social-media-sites-for

June 8, 2014

For those of you interested in how open source intelligence (OSINT) data is being collected from social media sites and used in real-world situations, this interesting unclassified 32-page document entitled “Social Web Sites: A Guide for the Open Source Analyst,” is now available online.

The document shows which sites, in the opinion of the authors, generally produce the best intelligence information. Not surprisingly, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and Linkedin rank very high in the opinion of OSINT intelligence analysts.

Scary and informative at the same time, this document is a must read. After reading this, I am glad that I have never had a Facebook page. Nor will I ever have one any time soon!