Now that you have a sockpuppet account and know how you can hide your online identity, it's time to
dive into one of the most exciting topics when it comes to Osint, which is social media intelligence
or segment for short.
So in this section, we will focus on gathering and analyzing information from social media platforms
like Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and more.
So first of all, you'll learn how you can find specific accounts and manually extract the user ID to
track down accounts, even if the display name or the username is changed.
You will also learn how you can extract the exact date and time from post pictures or videos, and use
this information to create a timeline of events.
Find comments posted by private Facebook and Instagram accounts.
Extract and analyze metadata from various social media profiles.
Download social media profile pictures, videos, posts and more.
By the end of this section, you will be an expert at finding and extracting valuable information from
social media profiles, posts, pictures, and videos.
This information will increase the attack surface, allowing us to have a better understanding of the
target and give us more opportunities to gather even more information.