Every tool can be used for good—or evil. A series of leaked documents reveal that some companies sell OSINT tools targeting activists and journalists in an attempt to monitor and track them. Investigative journalist Phineas Rueckert expands on the work he did looking into some of these OSINT firms, and the dark secrets they keep.

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