%% automatically updated by tag anonymous at 2024-06-20T18:25:45.806Z %% **So, you have an account without any personal information but with some activity; the goal is to understand who's behind this account.** This instruction will help you to consistently apply the most useful techniques to get things done. For your convenience, you can click on checkboxes to mark the techniques you've already utilised (changes will not be saved after refreshing the page). For an understanding of the general method of application, please go to the [[Instructions logic]] page. ### Hypotheses - A social media account previously contained information that can help to reveal it's owner identity. - PoI provided their contact information for an asset, real-life like legal entity or virtual property like website or official company page. ### 1 step Start with the following techniques to **get the list of useful sources**. This step will provide you with directions for investigations and hypotheses to test. - [ ] [[SOTL-3.2. Consider All Available Content Types]] - [ ] [[SOTL-8.2. Use Names Permutations]] - [ ] [[SOTL-16.2. Determine Social Media Related By Geo]] - [ ] [[SOTL-16.3. Determine Social Media Related By Interests]] - [ ] [[SOTL-16.4. Determine Main Social Media Sources]] ### 2 step Use collection techniques to **gather data, extract information and validate it**. These techniques are the most extensive, so select them based on the data sources and hypotheses obtained in the previous step. - [ ] [[SOTL-1.7. Conduct Security Audit For Exposure Of Information]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.1. Search For Alternative Account On The Same Platform]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.2. Search For Accounts On Other Platforms]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.3. Check Friends Suggestions]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.4. Check Its Friends In Other Platform]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.5. Search For Alternative Account In Friends]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.8. Check Mentions]] - [ ] [[SOTL-2.8. Check Reactions (Likes)]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.1. Extract Metadata From User-Generated Content]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.4. Search For Traces Of Activity On Other Pages]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.5. Study Shared Screen Content]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.7. Search For Biometrics Data]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.11. Conduct Search By Biometrics Data]] - [ ] [[SOTL-4.2. Check Emoji]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.1. Check Initial Activity]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.8. Check Minor Functionality]] - [ ] [[SOTL-6.1. Check Logins Reuse To Find Another Account]] - [ ] [[SOTL-6.2. Check Nicknames Reuse To Find Another Account]] - [ ] [[SOTL-7.1. Check Archives]] - [ ] [[SOTL-7.4. Conduct Reverse Image Search]] - [ ] [[SOTL-8.1. Check Pseudonyms]] - [ ] [[SOTL-21.1. Explore Bookmarks]] - [ ] [[SOTL-22.1. Check Commits Of Source Code]] - [ ] [[SOTL-22.2. Check Whois History]] - [ ] [[SOTL-22.3. Retrieve Associated Advertisements]] - [ ] [[SOTL-22.4. Study Media For Contacts]] - [ ] [[SOTL-23.1. Check Account Status]] ### 3 step If needed, apply the necessary techniques to **perform an analysis of information and a synthesis of the conclusion**. Often, on the second step, it's feasible to do it manually. - [ ] [[SOTL-2.6. Check Most Frequent Friends' Data]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.3. Analyse Happy Birthday Greetings]] - [ ] [[SOTL-3.12. Analyse the Artificialness of Content]] - [ ] [[SOTL-4.1. Stylometric Analysis]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.2. Analyse Sentiments]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.3. Detect Close Relations By Interactions]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.4. Study Time Of Posts And Actions]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.6. Analyze Content With Word Clouds]] - [ ] [[SOTL-5.7. Display Activity on a Timeline]] Additionally, you can delve into related weaknesses and functionalities in more detail if your case is complex and requires a thorough understanding of the topic. ```mermaid timeline title Instruction workflow Planning techniques : SOTL-3.2. Consider All Available Content Types : SOTL-8.2. Use Names Permutations : SOTL-16.2. Determine Social Media Related By Geo : ... : You defined sources to check Collection techniques : SOTL-1.7. Conduct Security Audit For Exposure Of Information : SOTL-2.1. Search For Alternative Account On The Same Platform : SOTL-2.2. Search For Accounts On Other Platforms : ... : You gathered data, extracted and verified information Analysis techniqies : SOTL-2.6. Check Most Frequent Friends' Data : SOTL-3.3. Analyse Happy Birthday Greetings : SOTL-3.12. Analyse the Artificialness of Content : ... : You analyzed information and got intelligence