investigate-without-getting-made
Investigator OPSEC — threat-model who might notice you, control your attribution surface across IP, ASN, browser and TLS fingerprint, timing and logged-in accounts, separate research identity from real identity, build and age a sockpuppet research persona, and choose between VPN, residential proxy and Tor. Use when setting up a research account, avoiding tipping off a subject, worrying about LinkedIn profile-view…
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An agent skill covering investigator OPSEC for online research: threat-modelling who might notice you, controlling your attribution surface (IP, ASN, browser and TLS fingerprint, timing, logged-in accounts), and separating research identity from real identity. It also covers building and ageing sockpuppet personas, choosing between VPN, residential proxy and Tor, and compartmenting research environments.
Use it when your collection could tip off a subject — the skill's core claim is that investigators are usually burned by platforms' normal notification features, not clever adversaries.
Use it to
- Set up a research account or burner email/phone
- Avoid LinkedIn profile-view leakage and other tipping-off risks
- Harden a research VM or dedicated browser profile
- Threat-model exposure before starting covert collection
- Grade what a target could know after a collection action
For OSINT investigators, journalists, due-diligence and insider-threat researchers, law enforcement
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