A vendor tells the clerk that a paid people-search SKU is the only…

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A vendor tells the clerk that a paid people-search SKU is the only real OSINT for a permit applicant. How should the analyst proceed?

Accepted Answer

Use public search, people, and records tool classes; a paid SKU is not required to do the work. — OSINT is a method, not a shopping cart. Public search, people, and records classes still work if the city never buys that SKU. The product name is not the answer key.

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Pause all research until that SKU is purchased, because method-first work is not allowed without the license.

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Treat the SKU product name as the finding in the report.

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Replace public methods with a penetration test of the vendor's site.

A vendor tells the clerk that a paid people-search SKU is the only real OSINT for a permit applicant. How should the analyst proceed?

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