Nico Dekens | Dutch_OSINTguy

A practical, defensible approach to WiFi and BLE observations / wardriving for OSINT investigations.

AI can help investigators move faster.

AI can generate a convincing Amsterdam street that never existed, then fail to recognize its own fiction when asked to geolocate it.

Evidence poisoning is the contamination of the open web with synthetic, manipulated or amplified material that later appears useful as investigative evidence.

AI has made it easy for OSINT practitioners to build and install investigative tools.

This is not just random extremism.

AI may not replace analysts first.

AI isn’t just speeding up OSINT - it’s reshaping what investigators and leaders believe is true.

I’ve been thinking a lot about why conversations around OSINT feel increasingly shallow, even though the tools we use have never been more powerful.

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is entering its most disruptive era yet.

You think you know Amsterdam?

OSINT isn’t about collecting public data, AI already does that better than humans.

OSINT intelligence from publicly available sources has become essential in modern investigations.

A 13-year-old boy sat gaming after school while someone he’d never met groomed him in a private chat.

If you want to know why teens feel broken, watch a fresh account for thirty minutes.

Human intelligence is powerful, but incomplete without digital validation.

Breaking into the OSINT field can feel overwhelming, whether you want to become an analyst, investigator, developer, or instructor.

You’ve got mountains of data at your fingertips.

Intelligence reports turn raw OSINT data into actionable insight.

The biggest threat in OSINT isn’t lack of data.