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How to conduct OSINT on Linkedin
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Linkedin is a valuable source of information not only for recruiters or job-seekers, but also for OSINT researchers or private investigators tasked with gathering information on a particular individual or a company.

The platform has significantly restricted various search options (Sales Navigator, advanced search operators, etc.) in the last year or so due to privacy concerns, but there are still some avenues to explore when conducting an open source intelligence reconnaissance on Linkedin.

One big caveat, as always with OSINT on social networking platforms – you should really avoid using your personal account for the investigations you conduct.

With Linkedin, even a fully locked down and private account can leave a trail in the form of “Search Appearances” update.

This feature will let your target user know the number of times their profile appeared in search results between certain dates, as well as where the searchers work.

Even though this does not reveal a specific identity that conducted the lookup (provided that the searcher’s account is set to private!), it might alert the target user to the fact that his account is being looked at by people working for a certain organisation.