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15 articles matching #username osint
Guides9 min
No single field settles whether an Instagram account is fake. Nine checks on platform-assigned data do: numeric id age, join date, former usernames, banned state by id, picture and handle reuse across 770 platforms, bio link chains, follower count vs posts, and breach hits on a linked email.
Comparisons7 min
Namechk answers whether a name is free. Investigators need to know who holds it. A comparison of availability checkers, WhatsMyName, KnowEm and hosted scanners, and what to run when the question is identity.
Product7 min
One handle leads to another. A walkthrough of how OSINTsearch deep search extracts handles from bios and links, re-sweeps them across four depth levels, what each level costs, and which links are never followed.
Guides6 min
Find former usernames, read account history and check where an old handle leads. Learn what OSINTsearch Free shows and how to keep useful notes as you search.
Comparisons7 min
Maigret forked Sherlock and went a different direction. A practical comparison of coverage, detection accuracy, recursion, reporting and maintenance, with commands you can copy.
Comparisons7 min
Sherlock is the script most people start with. This is a fair look at the alternatives, Maigret, WhatsMyName, Blackbird and hosted scanners, and the specific problems each one solves that Sherlock does not.
