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The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI

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446 points walterbell | 1 comments | 03 Apr 25 18:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.344s | source
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treyfitty ◴[03 Apr 25 22:00 UTC] No.43575993[source]▶
Well, if I want to first understand the basics, such as “what do the letters OSINT mean,” I’d think the homepage (https://osintframework.com/) would tell me. But alas, it does not, and a simple chatgpt query would have told me the answer without the wasted effort.
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1. caseyy ◴[04 Apr 25 00:42 UTC] No.43577172[source]▶
OSINT = open source intelligence. It’s the whole of openly accessible data fragments about a person or item of interest, including their use for intelligence-gathering objectives.

For example, suppose a person shares a photo online, and your intelligence objective is to find where they are. In that case, you might use GPS coordinates in the photo metadata or a famous landmark visible in the image to achieve your goal.

This is just for others who are curious.