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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by jtbayly on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:13PM (#21273503)
> In cases where that was insufficient, account information combined with open source intelligence and standard investigative techniques were enough to identify users.

What is open source intelligence?

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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by 33degrees on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:15PM (#21273540)
Intelligence based on public sources as opposed to clandestine ones. Nothing to do with open source software.
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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by maximente on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:15PM (#21273531)
the wiki article is solid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_intelligence
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Re:US Law Enforcement Traces Bitcoin Transfers to Nab ‘Large... by skeptical900067 on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @02:15PM (#21273538)
Iirc OSINT is information that is intentionally publically available, like county arrest records.
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