Contents

• The Kit
  • What is the Kit?
  • Who is The Kit for?
  • Who is behind this kit?
• You Are Already an Investigator
  • So you’re here
  • Investigation is a mindset
  • Risks and rewards
  • This kit is yours
• What Makes an Investigation
  • Building solid evidence
  • Without documentation, it didn’t happen
  • If it’s not verified, it’s not valid
  • Start where you are

HOW YOU INVESTIGATE

• Search Smarter by Dorking
  • A brief history of dorking
  • To dork or not to dork
  • How dorking works
  • Dorking for Dummies
  • Dork It Yourself
  • Defensive dorking
  • Resources
  • Glossary
• Retrieving and Archiving Information from Websites
  • Archiving and retrieving content with the Wayback Machine
  • Other ways to retrieve and archive webpages
  • Resources
  • Glossary
• How to See What’s Behind a Website
  • A website and its elements
  • Basic WHOIS Look-up
  • Historic WHOIS
  • Reverse WHOIS Look-up
  • Metadata analysis
  • Exposing Hidden Web Content
  • Resources
  • Glossary
• Using Maps to See Beyond the Obvious
  • Geographic information is everywhere
  • Collecting evidence from reference maps and photographs
  • Visualising datasets in thematic maps
  • Drawing, Measuring and Analysing Reference Maps
  • Collecting and placing your own data on maps
  • Revealing details with satellite imagery
  • Using map-based tools in investigations
  • Resources
  • Glossary

WHAT YOU INVESTIGATE

• Supply Chain and Product Investigations
  • Shining a light on where our products really come from
  • What makes a supply chain investigation
  • How and Where Do I Start?
  • Mapping and Profiling Actors
  • Inspiration and Guidance: a sample investigation
  • Risks and Considerations
  • Resources
  • Glossary
• Extracting Information From Social Apps: A case of exposed financial data
  • What’s going on behind the screen?
  • Public by Default
  • What seems private might be public
  • Making an impact
  • The ethical dilemmas of exposing privacy failures
  • Digital security when working with other people’s data
  • Resources
  • Glossary
• Exploring Connections Between Political Parties and Personal Data Brokers in the UK
  • How we collected the data
  • How we analysed the data
  • Expectations and Findings
  • Resources
  • Glossary

ABOUT

• The Kit
  • Exposing the Invisible
  • Tactical Tech
• Credits and Licensing
  • Credits
  • Licensing
• Data Use Policy
  • Why isn’t this a “Privacy Policy”?
  • Visiting The Kit
  • Using The Kit and Related Services
  • JavaScript
  • Changes to this Policy
  • Contacts
  • Reusing this Data Use Policy