Episode 2 – Scraping Smarter: AI Agents, Tattoos, & Hidden Data

In the second episode of the rebooted OSINT Podcast, host Jake Creps spotlights some of the most inventive tools and recent case studies reshaping open-source investigations. From tattoo recognition datasets to AI-driven scraping, this episode dives deep into how practitioners can sharpen their tradecraft with the latest resources. Highlights include: * 🔍 Meawfy – the most advanced crawler for searching Mega.nz, surfacing everything from open-source software to hidden educational troves. * 🤖 Parse.bot – an AI-powered scraping tool that instantly turns any website into a structured API. * 🕵️ Tattoodo as a biometric dataset – why tattoos could become the next frontier in image-based investigations. * ⚡ Agent.ai – a growing library of task-specific AI agents, including a Company Research Agent that pulls instant org intel. * 📍 Instagram’s Snap Map-like feature – how quiet location updates in DMs can reveal where someone lives or travels. * 📧 Validating Gmail addresses ethically – using Calendar embeds to check if burner accounts are real. * 🈺 Phishing with Japanese characters – a subtle but dangerous trick exploiting punycode and lookalike symbols in URLs. Jake unpacks what each of these means for investigators, how they might be applied in practice, and what risks they raise for both privacy and security. Sources & Links: * Full show notes & newsletter: OSINTNewsletter.com/78 * Meawfy * Parse.bot * Tattoodo OSINT– Aidan Raney * Agent.ai * Instagram’s New Map Tool * Gmail Validation Tips – Yoni * Japanese Character Phishing – Michel Coene / JAMESWT

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