Note: To be clear, I am not accusing AirBnb or Facebook – or anyone else – of allowing this. According to my understanding of their Acceptable Use Policies and the law, this is way out of bounds and likely to result in trouble for all involved. Do not do it. Updated March 2018: I have […]
This is the third of what is intended to be a three part series. To catch up, read “Social Media for Social Evil – Part I: Impersonation” and “Social Media for Social Evil – Part II: Network Analysis“. Since some of the darker parts of the web have been doing these things for *years*, I’m […]
This is the second of what is intended to be a three part series. To catch up, read “Social Media for Social Evil – Part I“. Since some of the darker parts of the web have been doing these things for *years*, I’m going to cover them in great detail here. Hopefully people can take […]
This is the first of what is intended to be a three part series. I’ve used this space to talk about the concepts of Open Source Intelligence using Social Networks with the early analysis focused on LinkedIn (Part 1, Part 2). This weekend when Mike Arrington created a fake Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) on […]
This coming year will be my third at SXSW so this time I partnered with Aaron Brazell (@technosailor) to submit a Core Conversation proposal called “Shattering Secrets with Social Media“. Here it is: What are they building? Did he quit or get fired? Who is she dating now? As helpful as Facebook can be in […]
Two months ago, when I wrote on using LinkedIn to gain information on your competitors – titled "Open Source Intelligence: LinkedIn" – I expected no response. It's been an interesting and useful exercise of mine that I thought a few would get a kick out of… nothing more. Publicly, yes, that's exactly what has happened… […]
The term "Open Source Intelligence" comes from the concept of using public (open) sources to gather information instead of clandestine sources. While it's common for governments and large companies to do this, small companies usually don't. It can be a time-consuming process and therefore not a good fit for a small company… unless you find […]