In 2023, I presented at BSides London on a project I had undertook to research what my digital footprint was using OSINT techniques and methods. The talk was focused around how members of the public could do the same to understand their own digital footprint and help clean up their online presence. An except from the description of the talk is shown below:
Being a similar age to the WWW, I’ve grown up using it and freely providing it my personal data without knowing any better. In this session we’ll jump into the field of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and explain how it can be leveraged to understand your digital footprint on the internet. As part of the session we’ll discuss the various sites, tools and learning resources that can be used when investigating the spider web of information that is publicly available about people and explore what sort of data I found in my own personal investigation. Ultimately, I hope this talk will provide a potent example of the old adage ‘the internet never forgets’.
The full description can be found on the BSides London 2023 schedule. You can watch the full talk on the BSides London YouTube Channel.