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Recent Updates To Our Website & Training
(This page was last updated on the 05/02/2026)This page will be updated with details of any new OSINT / i3 techniques and resources and any new links to useful sites that we have added to our website within the last few months.
5th February 2026
There have been a few changes with Linkedin recently, so I have made some changes to the Linkedin page of our OSINT / i3 website.
January 2026
We are always happy to recommend the really useful MyOSINT.Training Bookmarklets, however we are aware that some people struggle with locating and turning their Browsers Bookmark Toolbar on, so we have created a new page on our OSINT / i3 website for Bookmark Toolbar Details, which will hopefully help people.
Created a new page on our OSINT / i3 website for Airbnb Details & Links, with a few details and links to try to get more out of an Airbnb account during an investigation.
Decemer 2025
We have updated the Snapchat page on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a Snapchat account.
November 2025
We have updated the Facebook pages on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a Facebook account, including details of the new When was A Facebook Account Created & Last Updated feature.
We have updated the Instagram & Threads pages on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research accounts on those sites.
We have updated the X / Twitter page on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a X / Twitter account, including details of the new About This Account feature, which may indicate which country an account is based in, or operated from.
We have updated the Linkedin page on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a Linkedin account.
We have updated the TikTok page on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a TikTok account.
We have updated the Pinterest page on our OSINT / i3 website, with details and techniques to help if you have to investigate or research a Pinterest account.
October 2025
Thanks to Harrison, who emailed me with details of this site
Added a link for lisense.uk to the Motor Vehicle Related Sites page on our OSINT / i3 website. lisense.uk allows you to search partial UK vehicle registration / number plates, replacing unknown / missing characters with a ?, and it will return a list of possible registrations, along with the vehicles make, model & colour, and with other details. It is explained more on the UK Partial Number Plate Research page on our website.
Made some changes to the Domain Names & IP Addresses page on our OSINT / i3 website, changed a few of the links around and added an image to hopefully explain the difference between Registrars & Registrants for when doing WhoIs type research.
Added a link to the Botim Messaging App to the Messenger Apps page on our OSINT / i3 website, as recently I've noticed it crop up quite a few times when I'm researching people, so it's definitely one to add to your burner phone for when you are checking out contact details for people, as it's very similar to WhatsApp & Telegram.
Created a new page on our OSINT / i3 website for Fitness Apps & Sports Related Sites, with a few details and links to try to get the most out of any Fitness Apps & Sports Related Sites during an investigation.
September 2025
Created a new page on our OSINT / i3 website for Spotify, with a few details and links to try to get the most out of any Spotify account you are researching.
Made more changes to the Messenger Apps page of our OSINT / i3 website, by creating 2 new pages, for Telegram & WhatsApp, with lots links & details, which may help when investigating issues around these messaging apps.
Made changes to the Messenger Apps page of the website, and moved some links to a new page at Snapchat, with links and details which may help when investigating issues around Snapchat.
August 2025
Added a link for SpotThem, to the Email & Mobile Phone pages of our OSINT / i3 website, SpotThem is a new site, where you can search an Email Address and Mobile Number, to locate linked online accounts & app etc, similar to OSINT Industries, Epieos & OSINT Lol Archiver.
Thanks to Mario Santella for this OSINT Technique.
I've updated the Python Sites & Instagram pages on our OSINT / i3 website, adding details of InstagramPrivSniffer by Obitouka, which is a tool that allows you to extract additional information about Private Instagram accounts, such as URL's to some linked public posts.
We have changed the Translation page of our website to a Translation & Transcription Sites page, and added a section on Online Transcription Sites, with links to sites, which use AI, where you can obtain a transcription of what is said on TikTok or X / Twitter videos etc, which whilst not 100% perfect may be good enough to assist in an investigation.
There are a number of links to Download A TikTok Video on the TikTok page of our website, but recently I had a need to download some video's from a TikTok account, so thought I would say that UrleBird was so quick and easy to use.
We have added a new section called Sites To Check If An Image Is AI Generated to the Reverse Image Searching page of our website. As always nothing is 100% accurate but these sites allow you to upload an image for free and will then quickly assess if the image is Genuine or AI Generated.
Twice in the last two weeks I have used FaceSeek to identify & locate an image online and have been really impressed by the results. From a not great profile image, it has located linked accounts on adult sites and social media sites, which has really helped drive forward some investigations. There is a link to FaceSeek on the Reverse Image Searching page of our website.
Yearly Updates
2026 OSINT Website Updates
2025 OSINT Website Updates
2024 OSINT Website Updates
2023 OSINT Website Updates
2022 OSINT Website Updates
2021 OSINT Website Updates
2020 OSINT Website Updates
Some Useful OSINT Linkedin Articles & Posts I've Written
2024
11th November - UK OSINT Community - OSINT for Missing People Investigations
5th November - Building a Legacy in OSINT: Neil Smith's Journey with Locate International
2023
22nd September - Using OSINT To Unmask A Paedophile Online
13th April - A Quick OSINT Hint / Tip about obtaining images missing from websites on archive.org
6th April - A Quick OSINT Hint / Tip about locating hard to find social media accounts
2022
24th January - Another Article On OSINT Research
11th January - Another OSINT Address Trace Explained
2021
29th December - Anatomy Of An OSINT Address Trace
Newsletters, Articles & Interviews
2021
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - May 2021
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - April 2021
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - March 2021
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - February 2021
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - January 2021
2020
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - December 2020
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - November 2020
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - October 2020
Our / The Locate OSINT Update - September 2020
Our / The Qwarie OSINT Newsletter / Updates - August 2020
Our / The Qwarie OSINT Newsletter / Updates - July 2020
Our / The Qwarie OSINT Newsletter / Updates - June 2020
Our / The Qwarie OSINT Newsletter / Updates - May 2020
Our / The Qwarie OSINT Newsletter / Updates - April 2020
2018
Our November Newsletter
2017
Our September Newsletter
Our June Newsletter
Our April Newsletter
2016
Our April Newsletter
2015
Our August Newsletter
Our April Newsletter
Our January Newsletter
2014
An article written for FreePint on My Favourite Tipples, with details on some of my favourite online resources in areas from domain names to sources for tracking & tracing people
An article written for Police Oracle on The Power Of The Internet & Setting Up A Cheap Stand-Alone System
An article written for Police Oracle on How On-line Videos Speed-Up Crime Investigations
An article written for Police Oracle on The Opportunities Offered By Using Telephone & Translation Sites
An article written for Police Oracle on how Geo-Location Is Crucial For Social Media Investigations
An article written for Police Oracle on Remembering To Use Historic Social Networking Sites
An article written for Police Oracle on How To Identify A Prostitution Problem
2013
An article written for Police Oracle on The Importance Of Newspaper Databases
An article written for Police Oracle on Motor Vehicles & Social Networking Sites
An article written for Police Oracle on Dealing With The Legal Profession
An article written for Police Oracle on The Hidden Intelligence In Basic On-line Searches
An article written for Police Oracle on The Benefits Of Hidden Document Data
An article written for Police Oracle on How Genealogy Sites Are Essential For Investigators
An article written for Police Oracle on The Secrets Contained In Photographs
An article written for Police Oracle on The Goldmine Of Public Information Systems
An article written for Police Oracle on The Hidden World Of Domain Websites
An article written for Police Oracle on Investigative Importance Of Company Information
An article written for Police Oracle on Officers Privacy Is Paramount
An article written for Police Oracle on The Investigative Benefit Of Anonymisers
2012
An article written for the Heir Hunters Association on Using The Internet As An Investigation Tool (Item 10)
An article written for The Investigator Magazine on Armchair Intelligence (Page 4)
An interview given to the Post Desk website about Open Source Intelligence
An interview given to Paul Bradshaw about Investigating People Online for his Help Me Investigate website