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July 23, 2015

Unveiling Hidden Connections with Google Analytics IDs

Imagine you are researching an anonymous website with no clues as to its authorship. A single string of code could link that site to another, which perhaps reveals the identity of the owner. With the right tools, this information can be surprisingly easy to uncover. Site fingerprinting with embedded code Google Analytics is a popular…

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April 24, 2015

By Melissa Hanham

Metadata: MetaUseful & MetaCreepy

This article was originally posted on Arms Control Wonk. One of the easiest and most useful methods for an open source analyst is to extract metadata from imagery. Metadata is data that is often included with an image, such as the time it was taken, the type of camera that was used, and yes, if…

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