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Guide Articles

  • How to Use OSINT to Spot Romance Scams

    Learn how OSINT can expose stolen photos, false identities, fake websites, investment fraud, and other romance scam warning signs before you send money, share personal information, or place your trust in an unverified online relationship.

  • What Is Ethical OSINT? Why Consent Matters

    Ethical OSINT uses public information responsibly by balancing legitimate investigation with privacy, consent, accuracy, proportionality, and harm reduction. Learn when consent matters, when investigations may proceed without it, and how to collect, analyze, share, and retain open-source information ethically.

  • Why Businesses Should Avoid Publishing Staff Emails

    Publishing direct staff email addresses can expose employees to phishing, spam, impersonation, login attacks, and business email compromise. Learn why monitored role-based inboxes, secure forms, aliases, and stronger email controls offer safer ways for customers and partners to reach your business.

  • Verification vs. Stalking: When Checking Crosses the Line

    Learn how reasonable verification differs from stalking, when online research becomes invasive, and which warning signs matter. This practical guide explains consent, boundaries, public information, cyberstalking, legal differences, and safer ways to check facts without crossing into intrusive monitoring.

  • What Can Someone Find Out From Your Email Domain?

    Learn what your email domain can reveal about your identity, organization, mail provider, security setup, connected services, websites, and infrastructure — and how attackers can combine those public clues to build convincing phishing and impersonation scams. Discover practical ways to audit and reduce your exposure.

  • Why Is My Birthday Visible Online?

    Discover why your birthday or date of birth may appear online through social profiles, public records, data brokers, search engines, breaches, and other people’s posts. Learn how to find the original source, reduce exposure, remove listings, and use privacy rights where available.

  • Can Someone Find Where You Work Online?

    Public profiles, employer websites, photos, records, and data brokers can reveal where you work. Learn how workplace information becomes exposed, how to check what strangers can find, and how to reduce risks involving phishing, harassment, stalking, and unwanted contact.