Matamela RamovhaOriginal OSINT practice exercises with difficulty ratings, walkthroughs, and a blog.https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/Five reports can still be one accounthttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/five-reports-one-origin/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/five-reports-one-origin/I split 36 FORGE pins into 216 facts. The useful result was not a confidence score, but a clearer account of who said what, and what remains unknown.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcase-studiesverificationsource-tracingcorroborationmachine-outputChecking the check: two mistakes in my own workhttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/checking-the-check/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/checking-the-check/I audited a machine's report, then rebuilt it with stricter checks. My audit and my rebuild each held a mistake. Here is what they were and how to correct work in public.Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcase-studiesverificationclaim-checkingcorrectionsmachine-outputA polished report is not a checked reporthttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/a-polished-report-is-not-a-checked-report/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/a-polished-report-is-not-a-checked-report/I let my own OSINT engine write a brief on an arrest, then checked it by hand. The arrest was real, but much around it did not hold up. This is what the human step found.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTcase-studiesverificationmachine-outputclaim-checkingSame handle, different person: the trouble with username matcheshttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/same-handle-different-person/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/same-handle-different-person/Username search tools tell you a page exists, not who owns it. Here is how to weigh handle matches, spot false positives and false negatives, and avoid naming the wrong person.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTmethodsusernamesidentity-resolutionfalse-positivesverificationWhere was this taken? Start with what cannot movehttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/start-with-what-cannot-move/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/start-with-what-cannot-move/How to work out where a photo was taken: collect clues, rank them by how permanent they are, test candidate places against every clue, and say how sure you are.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTmethodsgeolocationverificationmapsshadowsA photo's metadata is a witness, not a verdicthttps://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/metadata-is-a-witness-not-a-verdict/https://osint-platform-sage.vercel.app/blog/metadata-is-a-witness-not-a-verdict/What hidden file data can tell an investigator, what it cannot, and the habit that keeps you honest: test it, then corroborate it.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTmethodsmetadataexifverificationgeolocation