Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Investigation in Facebook

Abstract

OSINT has come a long way now. It is still developing ideas, and many investigations are yet to happen shortly. The essential requirement for all OSINT investigations is information that is valuable data from an excellent source. This paper discusses various tools and methodologies related to Facebook data collection and analyzing part of the collected data. At the end of the paper, the reader will get a deep and clear insight into the available techniques, tools, and descriptions of those tools present to scrape the data out of the Facebook platform and the types of investigations and analyses that the gathered data can do. It should be noted that the paper presents the status of the OSINT Facebook investigation possibilities of November 2022. © 2023, Society for Imaging Science and Technology.