Code enforcement wants the analyst to friend a property owner under a fake identity so private photo albums become visible. What should the analyst do?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
A research disguise is a pair of sunglasses, not a fake key to someone else's house. Sock puppets keep the analyst's real identity off the trail while looking at public posts. They are not a license to trick an owner into opening private albums.
Full Explanation
Sock-puppet accounts support researcher OPSEC during public-source collection; they do not authorize social engineering that converts private albums or messages into research material. Crossing that line leaves OSINT and becomes deceptive access to non-public content, which is out of PORP scope. Using a personal account or fabricating an emergency request has the same problem: the target content is still private. The analyst should stay with publicly visible artifacts and lawful public records.