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OSINT TikTok Extraction
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OSINT TikTok Extraction

A hands-on OSINT tutorial demonstrating three tools for TikTok reconnaissance: Unfurl (dfir.blog/unfurl) for decoding video IDs, usernames, and timestamps embedded in TikTok URLs; Bellingcat's tiktok-timestamp tool for extracting exact upload date/time from video links; and omar-thing.site for pulling account-level intelligence such as user ID, creation date, location, language, bio, and follower/following lists. It walks through each tool with example queries to show how public TikTok data can be turned into investigative leads.

TL;DR Walkthrough of Unfurl, Bellingcat's tiktok-timestamp, and omar-thing.site for extracting metadata, timestamps, and account intel from TikTok URLs/usernames.
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Organisations named here

  • Bellingcat

Technologies named here

  • unfurl
  • TikTok
  • omar-thing.site
  • TikTok Timestamp

Techniques named here

  • Open-source intelligence (OSINT)
  • Social media account profiling
  • URL metadata decoding

Concepts named here

  • Account-level versus video-level intelligence
  • Embedded URL metadata
  • Social media OSINT

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