Episode 1 – OSINT in Action: From Counterterrorism to Chinese Content

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In the first episode of the rebooted OSINT Podcast, host Jake Creps dives into the latest trends, tools, and investigations shaping open-source intelligence. Topics include OSINT’s role in counterterrorism, monitoring Chinese content for geopolitical insights, the risks of publicly indexed ChatGPT conversations, and creative pivots like SoundCloud-to-YouTube tracking.
Jake also explores practical tools, from bookmarklets to geolocation training, and how AI-powered setups like VS Code + Copilot can supercharge investigations.
Sources & Links:
Full show notes & newsletter: OSINTNewsletter.com/77
* Op-Ed: David Cook – How Publicly Available Clues Could Thwart the Next Lone Actor Terror Attack (washingtonreporter.news/p/op-ed-david-cook-how…)
* Investigating Chinese Content for OSINT – Justin Charters (linkedin.com/posts/justen-charters-1b99a953_ch…)
* ChatGPT Public Conversations Indexed on Google – Oliver Molander(linkedin.com/posts/olivermolander_artificialin…)
* New OSINT Bookmarklets from My OSINT Training – Micah Hoffman
* BandLab: linkedin.com/posts/micahhoffman_another-osint-…
* TikTok: linkedin.com/posts/micahhoffman_extract-dates-…
* TraceTracks (github.com/Oblivios/TraceTracks)
* GeoHints (geohints.com)

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