Episode 5 – OSINT Is Growing Up

In the fifth episode of the rebooted OSINT Podcast, host Jake Creps explores how open-source intelligence is evolving - and what it means as the field matures. This instalment highlights new tools, recent investigations, and practical insights into making data more accessible, visual, and verifiable.

Highlights include:

📰 A Raw Take on OSINT’s Broken State – why OSINT is reaching a turning point, and what adopting clearer standards could look like.

📚 OSINT At Home #26: Top 5 Hacks to Find Deleted Websites, Posts and Secret Changes – simple but powerful ways to get more out of the Internet Archive.

📊 New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard – how ICE arrest data is now easier to analyse through the Deportation Data Project.

🔎 JSON Crack – visualise complex JSON files and understand large datasets at a glance.

🧩 Cold Relation – a flexible multi-tool for cross-platform social media analysis.

📁 NSCO Start.me Collection – hundreds of curated bookmarks covering breach data, dark web sources, and regional OSINT hubs.

Each segment showcases practical workflows for everyday investigators while reflecting on how OSINT is changing as both a discipline and a community.

References:

* A Raw Take on OSINT’s Broken State

* OSINT At Home #26

* New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard

* JSON Crack

* Cold Relation

* NSCO Start.me Collection