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OSINT - Cities with hundreds of names | How OSINT investigators miss hidden clues
You think you know Amsterdam? You don’t. Even if you’re born and raised there. For OSINT investigators, analysts, and journalists, searching only for “Amsterdam” means missing half the signal. The city hides behind slang, symbols, codes, and multilingual aliases. This post shows how language masks location, why alias awareness matters, and how Boolean and regex uncover Amsterdam’s hidden digital footprint across the open web, social media, and the dark web.

Nico Dekens | dutch_osintguy
Jan 210 min read


Crowd-sourced Mapping Tools for OSINT Investigations
Often I get the question: Hey Nico, do you know any good geolocation or mapping sources that are not so well known? Mapping tools are...

Nico Dekens | dutch_osintguy
Nov 15, 20245 min read
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