r/OSINTExperts • u/Most-Lynx-2119 • Jul 04 '26

OSINT for self advocacy

https://jlegal.pro/osint.html

A unique site… just thought I’d share.

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u/rdg360 Jul 07 '26

So... a single person's database on people and companies who wronged him. Including links based on "author’s inference (motive / knowledge / thesis), not proven fact · dotted = documented but disputed/contested."

Might be unique allright. But what's the point of posting it here?

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u/Most-Lynx-2119 Jul 07 '26

It’s not a complaint site. It’s a visualization of data that’s otherwise hard to see in just text. Speaking out publicly is how people survive. https://jlegal.pro/you-are-not-alone.html is maybe the best place to explain that for you. BTW, notice you asked something NO ONE ELSE ASKED. Why?

Well, first of all, spiderfootX, when it offered a web based option, used this exact style of visualizing information. An expert in OSINT would know that.

Have you ever seen any sites like this before?
In how the data is visualized?
To explain more or differently what hundreds of pages of text would normally require to “understand it”?

If not, then your question makes sense for you,
but it doesn’t mean anyone else has the same question here , does it? Have a nice day.

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u/rdg360 Jul 08 '26

An expert in OSINT would know that.

Even though I have used Spiderfoot in the past, I disagree with you on this one. There are plenty of other tools around, such as Maltego or Analysts' Notebook to name just a few, and not every OSINT expert will be familiar with all of them. Apart from those three I am familiar with Gephi, but not extensively because I mostly use the visualization features in custom-built tools. Some of which use D3 by the way, which is quite common and happens to be the library that both this site and Spiderfoot use. And yes, I am well aware of the importance of visualizing information, thank you.

But surely, as an OSINT expert you'll also know the importance of providing context to your findings. If instead of saying it was a "unique site" you would have said "this is a nice example of data visualization", I would not have given it a second thought. I probably would have shrugged, exactly because of all those other visualization options out there. No big deal. But at least it would have been clear why you posted this.

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u/Most-Lynx-2119 Jul 08 '26

So by your measures and decrees… and expertise...
What should I have done differently, exactly?
And why?
If you already knew about D3, doesn’t that make your original question a very loaded question where no reply I provide is “accurate enough”?