Open-source intelligence (OSINT) is collecting and analyzing data gathered from open sources (covert and publicly available sources) to produce actionable intelligence. OSINT is primarily used in national security, law enforcement, and business intelligence functions and is of value to analysts who use non-sensitive intelligence in answering classified, unclassified or proprietary intelligence requirements across the previous intelligence disciplines

open source intelligence, which refers to any legally gathered information from free, public sources about an individual or organization. In practice, that tends to mean information found on the internet.

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OSINT Tools that allow the collection of information that is publicly available or open-source. The goal of OSINT software is mainly to learn more about someone or a business