OSINT tools to track you down. You cannot hide.

[@davidbombal]

Never post photos on social media if you want privacy. It's amazing how easy it is to find the location of photos posted on Facebook, Instagram, Flickr or other social media platforms. // MENU // 00:00 - Let's Find Nessie! 00:14 - The Art of Geolocation with OSINT Curious 01:31 - Image 01//Egyptian Wall 02:53 - Bing Reverse Image Search 04:15 - Image Cleanup Tools 05:17 - Removing David 05:51 - Finding David with the Cleaned Up Image 10:37 - Image 02//The Lighthouse 11:32 - Bing Visual Search 14:01 - Confirming the Location with 360 Photos 16:46 - Results May Vary 18:08 - Use Different Search Engines! 18:45 - Add-on to Speed Up Image Searching 22:56 - Image 03//Speed Test! 25:10 - Image 04//The Bridge 26:28 - Google Images vs Bing vs Yandex 28:36 - Image 05//Nessie 30:04 - Nessie in London? 30:53 - Using Observational Techniques to Find Locations 33:56 - Matching the Photo 40:14 - Using Google Street View 41:39 - Google Easter Egg 43:11 - The Google Boat? 44:58 - EXIF Data Tool//Finding Exact Location 46:59 - Image 06//The Canal 49:57 - Identifying Canal with Boat 52:20 - The Canal in Google Street View 53:33 - Cities vs Countryside 55:51 - How to Get Good 57:16 - More OSINT? Leave a Comment! Previous video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f566e5p6hpKSm80 OSINT Curious is a registered, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization with the United States IRS (EIN: 84-2781099); and accepts Patreon donations from individuals and sponsors. If you are a sponsor, please contact them if you want to work with them: osintcurio.us/funding/ // The OSINT Curious Project // KZbin: kzbin.info Twitter: twitter.com/osintcurious LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-osint-curious-project Website: osintcurio.us Public, OSINT-focused Discord: iam.osintcurio.us/discord Sponsor personally or through your company: osintcurio.us/funding/ // Websites mentioned // Remove Background: www.remove.bg/ Cleanup Pictures: cleanup.pictures/ Search by image: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/search-by-image/cnojnbdhbhnkbcieeekonklommdnndci?hl=en RevEye: chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reveye-reverse-image-sear/keaaclcjhehbbapnphnmpiklalfhelgf?hl=en // David's SOCIAL // Discord: discord.com/invite/usKSyzb Twitter: twitter.com/davidbombal Instagram: instagram.com/davidbombal LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbombal Facebook: facebook.com/davidbombal.co TikTok: tiktok.com/@davidbombal KZbin: kzbin.info // Lisette's SOCIAL // Twitter: twitter.com/technisette Personal website: technisette.com // Steven's SOCIAL // Twitter: twitter.com/nixintel LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/steven-harris-nixintel/ Personal website: nixintel.info/ SANS SEC487 OSINT Courses Steven teaches - www.sans.org/profiles/steven-harris/ // MY STUFF // www.amazon.com/shop/davidbombal // SPONSORS // Interested in sponsoring my videos? Reach out to my team here: [e-mail] Please note that links listed may be affiliate links and provide me with a small percentage/kickback should you use them to purchase any of the items listed or recommended. Thank you for supporting me and this channel!

[@matthew2531]

Well thank goodness they found you. I didn't even know you were lost!

[@nohay4549]

I believe you turned geolocation info on of your iphone only to show here for us. No one should keep geotagging on on the camera if they are concerned about privacy.

[@merlinwarage]

You can do reverse imaging on web for more than 10 years now. Nothing new here, except there are way faster and simpler tools for this, what tell you the coordinate of the place on the image in a second. And before that, it was the same, but took longer, since you had to compare your image/info with the offline google aka public archives and/or libraries.

[@growingtogether35]

Won't find me :D

[@habiks]

@@growingtogether35 nobody is looking for you... except the government... but you keep their tracker in pocket at your will.

[@RedBlueLabs]

Fascinating. It's very helpful to see these professionals actually using their skills and explaining the process. Thanks!

[@johnnycomas]

these people are not professionals, they are using very basic skills to complete very basic tasks

[@DitF]

@@johnnycomas its actually laughable

[@motttta]

@@DitF ​For real. This all was very basic to me. Was hoping to see far more from a 50 minute video. Or maybe I should start looking at a job like this if it pays well.

[@AjarnSpencer]

I was using these very same techniques as a curious amateur ten years ago

[@cranberryeater7459]

1:51 If the window behind the stone is not a dead giveaway that it's inside, i don't know what is. Lighting? she sounds like a true detective!

[@ChillHopHavenMusic]

I am Brazilian, and I'm a big fan of your channel! I'd like to express my interest in working in the security field, and I appreciate all the valuable information you provide. Thank you!

[@TheOriginalJohnDoe]

Keep this content coming David! I just discovered your channel recently and I've been binge-watching your videos with all of the interviews! You got yourself a new subscriber! Keep it up mate.

[@EmbraceTerror]

The questions you ask and make videos on with very knowledgeable guests is FANTASTIC!! Thank you!

[@davidbombal]

Glad you like them!

[@bobnoob1467]

This was amazing David. Please do more OSINT. Thank you so much for all you do.

[@PhantomMark]

It literally took me 2 min to find the one in Amsterdam, I didn't cheat, but I have been a couple of times, I used the house boats as my focal point and a couple of key buildings, nothing else, I used an Isometric 3d view in google street view to quickly go down the canal streets to find the building colour and shape patters I was looking for, then cross match against potential house boats. Loved this vid thanks, lots of helpful tips and tricks. Interestingly the blue painted boat disappears after 2017 it seems.

[@croniclz]

I probably won’t get a response from you but you remind me of my uncle who passed away. He was into IT and cybersecurity like you. He was gonna teach me before he passed away but he wasn’t able to. With that being said I thank you for all your videos and hard work!

[@davidbombal]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. Hope my content can help teach you :)

[@croniclz]

@@davidbombal it has for sure! Thanks for the response means a lot! 😊

[@gungho6798]

Being trained by Shin Bet , other platforms were used using up to date technology. Great platform you have created and great to see another ex countryman succeed. Keep it up boet.

[@hackingit]

These days you are teaching us on a high level. Love you.

[@Fuzzycap]

Just watched the intro....this is so dope, love such content!!!

[@davidbombal]

Thank you so much Ayush!

[@juliusrowe9374]

Great vlog David! This OSINT Content is super informative and awesome! You've got to have them back on the channel!

[@ShHsnNagy]

Watched it from start to end. Dropping the comment to say "Yes! More videos like this."

[@JohnSmith-bn9rd]

My cousin shared the link to your video. It's very informative! I can use the techniques to help locate runaways. Thanks so much!

[@Liam97Chris]

I just stumbbled across your channel and have to say absolutley phenomenal! Seeing these indepth videos exploring these concepts truely demystfies the process for those interested in cyber security. Thank you!

[@marveII0us]

Awesome as always David. Keep up the great work :))

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Jay! I hope I can :)

[@bowsim]

David get all the best guests and gives us great information PROTECT THIS MAN.

[@dwaynesudduth1028]

Your content has been off the charts ! Please keep moving forward with more like this!

[@MilaDiamond]

Excellent video, David. Thank you! I’d love to see geo-location for country side and rural roads that don’t have much unique details like signs and buildings. It’s very challenging but if there are experts that know how to geo-locate in those environments, it would be super helpful.

[@edenseeker]

You cannot hide... near any landmarks... while being tracked by lucky people. Good tutorial on how to use some of those tools, though social engineering is a far superior tool in this regard.

[@user_dbwj]

Thank you for perfect explanation from experts

[@davidbombal]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@gimps3937]

I love these long form interviews David! Keep up the great work!

[@christianlohmann8577]

I’m doing a similar approach when hunting for apartment or houses and the Immobilien companies don’t share full address. Then I used images and Google Earth and Maps to find the exact address. Works 95% for my needs. And kind of fun and satisfying

[@raghuveernaidu234]

Hi David I did the same before watching this video with little bit challenges I completed the task successfully. now after watching this vide I can do the it with more effectively. thanks man for a informatic video.

[@johnwilson4909]

The first statement should be to check if the image had GPS/DateTime stamp enabled. Most people are instructed to turn it off.

[@criptovida]

This is awesome, OSINT is a serious thing today. Even a screenshot is possible to be tracked down.

[@pauloalmeida3728]

Lets be honest a lot of clues that they find come also from this lady being very wise and smart. The image searching tool is cool and so but i would preffer to have that lady on my "tracking team". Oh and btw once again great content David. You always keep things interesting.

[@SynthDark]

@Irving Shekelstein for a woman? wtf

[@SynthDark]

@@user-ju9zz3ls3r I was obviously replying to someone else who has since deleted their comment. Please use your brain.

[@LabGecko]

Great tips! Thanks for taking the time. A few notes I noticed: 5:12 Be careful using AI cleanup tools on images to be used in further research. AI fills that info like a toddler colors - by looking at everything it has seen before and guessing at what it should look like. If previous examples were really good, the result can be too, but AI _ALWAYS_ has an error rate. This means that the more you "fix" the more likely the wrong things will get filled in. Another issue is that this Egyptian wall has many easily identifiable features. AI is much more likely to get more general landscapes or cityscapes wrong because there are more example 'memories' to draw from. 18:57 Also be VERY careful to vet any extensions you install into your browser. Many threat alerts have come out in the last few years showing extensions and apps on all app stores that work just as advertised but _also_ send data or install malware in the background. 21:27 Google Lens is trained to be tailored _to you_ so the more you use it, the better its results get. (I own a Pixel phone that said so. If this is no longer the case, please alert me.) 45:01 The _gps locs_ are accurate to centimeters, but the _camera's recording of gpc location_ is only accurate to a few meters, and is limited by national government control of imaging satellites. While satellites _can_ get the location to within centimeters, this detail is restricted to government and military use.

[@AutarchKade]

I don't think the AI cleanup will be a problem at all considering one of their steps is verification they got the location correct. They aren't coloring like a toddler then claiming that result is all that's needed lol

[@LabGecko]

@@AutarchKade please hit read more and read that whole section. You're oversimplifying the problem. The more you tell AI to paint in, the more likely it will fill with things that look right but are from other places. Because most current AI can be very good at this, humans often don't notice the difference -subtle things like using French chimneys or window shutters instead of Swedish ones - and that can drastically chance the error rate even with careful verification.

[@kevinportillo1971]

Should this be titled “how to reserve image search?”

[@Zerpersande]

No, it should be ‘How to reverse image search.’

[@Ukevu123]

@@Zerpersande I think a better title would be "How to reverese search images"

[@mr_cod3]

Im sure u didn't finish the whole video, they share a way of thinking which is great for anyone interested in OSINT

[@swagmuffin9000]

@@mr_cod3 I was about to say this. They mentioned a program for exif data that might try out. Also, they teach you about observation. Good video

[@SimEon-jt3sr]

OSINT!!!!!!!

[@sebaszot1493]

That was amazing video, and I’m surprised how accurate location you can find just from the photos. I can’t wait for more OSINT videos !

[@jonathancohen5664]

Great video! I was able to use this to impress my son by geolocating him from a random picture he sent me.

[@haireeizzam6349]

It's nice to learn OSINT from OSINT experts. Thanks david

[@CharlesKalaydjian]

Very interesting, specially the last part is sharing a lot of information, that being said, I guess taking so long was mostly for teaching purposes as I tried to pass the photo to Google lens and it took not even 5 sec to find the exact location. Please keep this content going !

[@lupus_lupi]

thanks, very good people. I'm good at OSINT but I'm not really offering my services because there had been some really bad requests.

[@HenryPangsatabam]

I've been using Reverse Image Search for years but never thought of it this way! .😮

[@romevang]

Good video, as someone that's been acquainted with these tools for quite a while, I still learned something new. (Tineye and how bing can do a visual search for example).

[@daz1975ify]

I used Google lens on a screen shot of my phone,Found it instantly. Brilliant stuff very interesting

[@droy333]

I've geotracked many youtubers. Just because I could. Even ones that don't show a lot of identifying features. Things like knowing the hemisphere they're in, the time of day & year when they recorded while comparing shadows can give you directions.

[@peterpeterpeterpeterpeterp1431]

What KZbinrs?

[@samsepiol4445]

Congrats on a million David I love these vids ❤️

[@davidbombal]

Thank you Joshua! Much appreciated!

[@hatimazizvali6064]

Nice and crisp presentation , very informative and helpful, made good use of my Sunday

[@jacovanderwalt13]

harnassing wisdom of the crowds :-) OSINT seems incredibly interesting, myself just starting to pivot into network / cyber security, etc, i am excited to learn this skill. thanx david and guests ! (thanx, all the way from South Africa, David 😀

[@PBMS123]

12:30 there is an identical lighthouse called Roker Lighthouse in Sunderland and its in the top right. The LH is obviously not unique.

[@andrew_owens7680]

I got it right away. It's the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I didn't need an AI for that.

[@davidbombal]

Unfortunately that is the incorrect answer.

[@drivethrupoet]

Those free sites are capturing all that data, too. So while you might have already posted something to social media, it's going to have an even larger digital footprint when it's put into those web based apps.

[@manoloarana379]

Thanks!

[@SyberPrepper]

Loved it. Very enjoyable to listen to all these tips. The more we know about about how to use the tools, the less we can share about our lives online. We can also instruct friends and family about how to stay safe. So, yes, I would love to hear more from these folks. Michael Bazelle would be a great guest as well. The more I learn about cell phones, the more I am moved to an alternative, non-Google phone running Open Android, Lineage, Calyx, or whatever. So, cellphone alternatives would be another great video. Thanks!

[@AjarnSpencer]

a good method for starters, but there are much more sophisticated methods to anlalyze not only location, but the time and date, IMEI of device used to take photo, who bought it, and where they are now, and their behavioral habits, to predict where they will be next. Stripping the metadata first is important when uploading images

[@ErichSchulz]

Awesome video! Please do more of these types of videos. Love learning about OSInt.

[@jinnireactions9386]

It completely worth the time! I was amazing and I learned a lot of new things out of this. Thank You Very Much!!

[@HHHH-ds6oj]

Thx David for this short workshop.

[@colfaxschuyler3675]

I have used my OSINT skills to find missing relatives for health checks, and find long lost friends for death notifications.

[@megamiteto1]

Awesome content David. Congratz on your 1 mil subs!

[@rationalbushcraft]

Yes more OSINT please. Maybe have your subscribers submit photos with the data stripped and see if they can find the location. Knowing nothing about the photo will be more of a challenge.

[@elvinaguero4651]

Great content... thanks for sharing and appreciate your wonderful questions.

[@jackthibo7644]

Absolutely brilliant tools, skills and technology

[@GoalSquare]

Really loved this❤️

[@davidbombal]

Very happy to hear that!

[@nelaina]

I love your channel... love OSINT curious. Thank you David and crew. This is super interesting.

[@carlospenalver8721]

If you want to be truly invisible just relax, don’t panic. First accept the fact that you’re being surveyed by those you know and those you don’t know. If you try to defeat them now there will be something to take it’s place so just take it easy. Breath in, breath out. Just relax and take notes what it is and who they are. May take some time but it’s when you need to be invisible that matters. Once you’re gone , and once you released all your dependency which allows them to track you you will be free. But for now it makes no sense , they expect it, they also expect there will be those who defeats all their devices. For now just be smarter , the less they know you know the easier it will be for you and the harder for them to find you . Just be ready. Have a nice day . Won’t see you later . Peace.

[@mortal465]

What are you rambling on about? Take your meds, you definitely need them.

[@koskey06]

It's the power of the internet. Being born in 1988...growing up with the growth of computers and the internet....I feel me and my generation is more equipped to make the net work I ways most dont think of since I had to "find a way" rather than look for someone who made a app for my solution

[@shahikulariyan7204]

congratulations david for 1M

[@Joe-tk8cx]

Awesome stff, please add more of this exciting stuff. Thanks as always.

[@shloomyshloms]

my hobby is finding youtubers "secret" locations. I found one based on clues the person said (city and neighborhood) and the inside image of their building. The only ones I cannot find are the one who never mention where they are and do not show pictures of anything related to them.

[@peterpeterpeterpeterpeterp1431]

What KZbinrs?

[@shloomyshloms]

@@peterpeterpeterpeterpeterp1431 sorry, I do not reveal that. they'd be pissed, freak out, and/or stop doing videos if they knew.

[@peterpeterpeterpeterpeterp1431]

@@shloomyshloms Oh are you talking abt finding their address?

[@saketmishra113]

MORE OSINT And Social Engineering PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE because for that we don't need Technical knowledge and degrees, and it will help spread awareness

[@arthurwekati]

Very great work David and team

[@Z0nd4]

Amazing content, as always. Very thanks David!

[@FlavioO]

Awesome video, yes, please bring us more OSINT videos please

[@inknoidrobot1227]

I am a person who wants to learn all of this. For a few reasons. One, I heard some hacked google satellite and removed my image and put there's in. That associated with my name being known for business in a very business lucrative arena some years ago, allegedly.

[@silentkille4]

One of the best videos so far learned soooo much 🙏🙏🙏 thanks david

[@MrKeimz]

Thank you for sharing. I really appreciate your vidoes!

[@mikeylazokUkraineupdates]

WELL DONE FOR THE 1million subs dude

[@davidbombal]

Thank you very much!

[@vimalchandarpk6634]

Congrats for 1m..... from india💕

[@davidbombal]

Thank you!

[@transparent1054]

Some easy giveaways without being an expert the first shot is taken indoors. The first image where he's standing in front of the glyph shows in the top right a set of indoor lights shining down including a wall & ceiling. Also light direction shows his eyes being in complete shadow indicating direct overhead light direction found usually in indoor illuminated space. Furthermore, you can see other partial exhibits on the far right of the picture.

[@ranlocar9667]

Amazing video! Thanks! Although I do a lot of geoguessing the quiztime osint challenges - I still managed to learn new tricks from it. Great stuff. More plz!

[@maleitch]

Interesting, but every picture displayed some sort of very distinctive characteristic. I know you address some of this at the end, but reverse image search is going to do little for someone standing in their backyard in rural Missouri say.

[@drkwrk5229]

Trust me David, this is something that's being done. And it goes all the way. Unless it''s a high opsec person but even then they have flaws at times.

[@InDisskyS131]

That was the whole point of the video…..

[@drkwrk5229]

@@InDisskyS131 Seems like you are broadcasting via UDP because I don't get you.

[@babygonewrong]

I have a brother who has been on ga's top 10 most wanted for 6 years.. fbi claims they can't find him. Are they just not looking hard enough?

[@MrLiquidhallo]

The Boss at his best! Thank you for your great educational content. Respect 🙏

[@Kamrinsha]

thank you david. you have shown me so much

[@b9413]

#CONGRATULATIONS FOR 1M #DAVIDSIR

[@SunDevilThor]

It was cool learning about the Bing image crop feature.

[@fernandorose6358]

What a fantastic video. Brilliant 👏

[@Alpha_2-4]

Me who deleted every account on Social Media two years ago after watching a documentary on Netflix called .. The Social Dilemma ;)

[@darklittlepeople]

i cannot believe this was an hour long, the time just flew by. i would absolutely love for you to travel david ! and also to use more videos like this for pretext ! :o)

[@bonzaiii3]

Great stuff, hopefully more Osint in the future!

[@yourinatestrn3436]

ah man ur long intreview vids is my relaxation

[@just1147]

I don't know why, but the thumbnail looks like guitarist John Mayer is in it ;D Anyways, what a great video David! Keep up!

[@terrypen]

Yes! Definitely do more of these!!!

[@mostanadha9426]

Thank you david 👏, Awsome content , please Make More About OSINT 🔎

[@onlinewebsites3476]

Your CCNA course is Awesome !

[@davidbombal]

Thank you very much!

[@krishnasharma8195]

Awesome,love it! Very knowledgeable and interesting

[@davidbombal]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SonPhan-ro3wc]

Congrats on a million sub David

[@Alisson-Faoli]

Really nice content. I loved it!

[@jsking306]

This is an amazing demonstration. Thank you!

[@droidmandan148]

Done this several time when working security.

[@LabGecko]

Never, ever, use Bing. Why? 1) Microsoft's (Bing owners) current business model actively datamines user data to sell. 2) Microsoft has a long history of lying - and being sued for lying, and lying again - about what they sell, what data they take, and how they use it. Google "image search" to find their image recognition that lets you upload a pic to find results. The camera button is that feature. It also has better results in my experience. I'd link it but YT removes posts with links. Or as they mention later in the video (22:07) you can RClick an image to search with cropping. Yes, Google also makes massive amounts of money off datamining and have been getting worse over the years, but here's the key: You DO have an option to opt-out or DELETE different levels of data collection Google does.

[@cyberawareness3666]

David when ever someone asks me who is your role model, I always say David Bombal

[@davidbombal]

Thank you!

[@seoprofile1109]

Hello David, your videos are always awesome. I wanna suggest a topic for another time. Why don't you invite a sociologist/psychologyst and to talk about why people can't easily concentrate at what they find important for them. Like even though i work in IT field and learn a lot from your videos still I'm not very persistent with my learnings. I get easily distracted. What would be some technical or scientifically things that I can do so i wont be easily distracted. Best regards, S✒️

[@alekshernandez2]

Let me guess... you smoked weed before you turned 20 yrs old!... Why don't you add "Addiction Specialist" to the list... it might help! A philosopher also would be a great idea!

[@Linnitup7755]

@@alekshernandez2 let me guess, you can’t stop going through the McDonald’s drive through. why don’t you add lard specialist to your list, big boy.

[@ShHsnNagy]

1M!! Congrats!!! :)

[@davidbombal]

Thank you!

[@LuminousWatcher]

I guess the colour and shape of the license plates is also an indication. Very interesting video!

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Great video David you guests made an excellent and detailed explanantion for viewers. I wonder if you could do something similar with text , not commonly used quotes (too easy) but say something being posted on a website or social media to pin down when it was posted and its origional source?