I love genealogy and researching my family history. I feel myself wanting to dive back into my research. I have been passionate about genealogy for a while, but a few years ago, I discovered something amazing. While researching WikiTree, I connected with a distant cousin in Canada, who informed me

This morning I saw a post on LinkedIn that mentioned a program called Phunter for researching phone numbers. When I hear of a new tool, I always need to check it out. I downloaded it and began to test it out. This tool has several options: The Target function seems

I have been reading blogs, watching videos and taking a few courses on My OSINT Training. I downloaded Obsidian and then grabbed the Obsidian template from Micah Hoffman over at My Osint Training. At first glance, the template from Micah is a bit overwhelming. I decided to find a target,

After having completed the free OSINT courses at My OSINT Training I decided to look into some of the less expensive paid courses. I discovered a course on Sherlock, led by Micah Hoffman It was a fairly short course, but very helpful. Sherlock is a tool designed to run locally

As I began learning more about OSINT, I discovered some great FREE training. The website My OSINT Training was created by Micah Hoffman and Griffin Glynn This site has some great FREE training, as well as more advanced paid courses. There is a wide variety of courses, including Social Media,

As I have been digging through OSINT blogs, websites, podcasts, etc. I have found some really great tools. The most recent tool I have found was created by Micah Hoffman it's called Whatsmyname.app The way it works is amazing and saves a lot of time. You add

As a young kid, I was always fascinated by locks. There was something about the way a lock worked that interested me. I really enjoyed, and still do enjoy learning how things work. I also developed an interest in computers at a young age. When I was in the 5th

A Nagra CCR is a Credit Card Recorder created by Nagra Kudelski in Romanel (Switzerland) around 2013. It is a covert surveillance tool that has been restricted and can only be purchased by the Law Enforcement and intelligence community. This is an amazing piece of technology. It makes you think

There are many good encryption tools out there, like Hat.sh and Cryptomator What I don't like about Hat.sh is that for the average user, it is web-based, and if the project shut down, they wouldn't be able to decrypt their files. They could always

I watched this video on setting up a Socks Proxy. Like a VPN, a proxy can allow you to emerge in different geographical locations. The difference is that the proxy traffic is not encrypted, therefore it is often a faster connection. Using Linode, I set up a ShadowSocks server, which

With each new year, we all set new goals. Many of those goals don't last more than a few months, but it is still important to set them. If you think about it, we could draw a line in the sand and set these goals anytime we like,

I have been happily using Privacy.com for the past 4 years or so and I am always sharing it with friends and family. Here are several reasons that I love this great privacy tool. * I never need to share my primary debit card * I can control how much each

We are in uncharted territory these days when it comes to Artificial Intelligence. As many companies and startups race to become leaders in this new technology, the danger to our online security and privacy increases. There are so many dangers that the average user is unaware of. If the average

Do you currently use a password manager? If not, why? I don't get mad at people for not using a password manager, actually, I feel bad for them. In most cases, they have no idea how easily their online accounts can be hacked. For those of us who