{"id":729,"date":"2020-04-26T19:09:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-26T19:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/?p=729"},"modified":"2020-04-26T20:39:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T20:39:25","slug":"how-to-conduct-osint-on-linkedin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/26\/how-to-conduct-osint-on-linkedin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to conduct OSINT on Linkedin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"729\" class=\"elementor elementor-729\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-130dcb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"130dcb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23dc0d7\" data-id=\"23dc0d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb6b2d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb6b2d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LinkedIn-Logo.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-733\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LinkedIn-Logo.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LinkedIn-Logo.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/LinkedIn-Logo.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92b9739 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92b9739\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84f7859\" data-id=\"84f7859\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f8af51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f8af51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Linkedin is a valuable source of information not only for recruiters or job-seekers, but also for OSINT researchers or private investigators tasked with gathering information on a particular individual or a company.<\/p><p>The platform has significantly restricted various search options (Sales Navigator, advanced search operators, etc.) in the last year or so due to privacy concerns, but there are still some avenues to explore when conducting an open source intelligence reconnaissance on Linkedin.<\/p><p>One big caveat, as always with OSINT on social networking platforms &#8211; you should really avoid using your personal account for the investigations you conduct.<\/p><p>With Linkedin, even a fully locked down and private account can leave a trail in the form of &#8220;Search Appearances&#8221; update.<\/p><p>This feature will let your target user know the number of times their profile appeared in search results between certain dates, as well as where the searchers work.<\/p><p>Even though this does not reveal a specific identity that conducted the lookup (provided that the searcher&#8217;s account is set to private!), it might alert the target user to the fact that his account is being looked at by people working for a certain organisation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ba4efe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ba4efe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc232d9\" data-id=\"cc232d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a26ec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a26ec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/2019\/11\/17\/how-to-create-osint-investigation-accounts-and-not-get-shut-down\/\">How to create OSINT investigation accounts and not get shut down<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65de618 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"65de618\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-773036f\" data-id=\"773036f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e2d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26e2d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are starting broad, with no specific targets in mind but with the objective of conducting an overview recon of an organisation and its employees, the good thing to begin with is some employee validation &#8211; conducted off Linkedin.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a20058 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a20058\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0c0308\" data-id=\"c0c0308\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc09f02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fc09f02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">1. Validate employee emails<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5fa8bec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5fa8bec\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f70d3b\" data-id=\"7f70d3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b9b88f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5b9b88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My favourite email validation \/ verification tool is <a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.io\/find\">hunter.io<\/a>.<\/p><p>It has a free version which includes 50 free searches per month, and it&#8217;s a very flexible tool that allows searching for:<\/p><ul><li>all publicly identifiable emails belonging to a company domain name;<\/li><li>a specific email address finder;<\/li><li>an email address verifier;<\/li><li>bulk task search option.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37c409d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37c409d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5de4089\" data-id=\"5de4089\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4eb3fe4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4eb3fe4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"969\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hunter.io_.png?fit=969%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-739\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hunter.io_.png?w=969&amp;ssl=1 969w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hunter.io_.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/hunter.io_.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 969px) 100vw, 969px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">hunter.io - Email Finder<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90ea27c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90ea27c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b89e0d5\" data-id=\"b89e0d5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c4e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29c4e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you want to cast your net wider, you can try various permutations of a specific email address with the view of verifying them at a later stage.<\/p><p>For this, I recommend using the <a href=\"http:\/\/metricsparrow.com\/toolkit\/email-permutator\/\">Metric Sparrow Email Permutator+<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7f9c4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7f9c4c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b58a103\" data-id=\"b58a103\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c85d9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c85d9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2. Search using Google operators<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9881569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9881569\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8cd727c\" data-id=\"8cd727c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-943ab70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"943ab70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Linkedin profile indexing by Google can be turned off by individual users, but usually this does not stop the most powerful search engine from indexing the information anyway.<\/p><p>The following Google operators will return valuable content without you even logging in to Linkedin:<\/p><p><strong>site:http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in &#8220;&lt;person name&gt;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>site:http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in &#8220;&lt;company name&gt;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>site:http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in &#8220;&lt;job title&gt;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>site:http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in &#8220;&lt;keyword of interest&gt;&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9c45987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9c45987\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8d8b5d7\" data-id=\"8d8b5d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a572cf6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a572cf6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3. Investigate the Linkedin profile name<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a7d796 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a7d796\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19e6504\" data-id=\"19e6504\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f18b1ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f18b1ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The user&#8217;s profile name on Linkedin will always display in the URL. Although this profile name is generated by the platform from the account&#8217;s user name and surname fields, it can be customised.<\/p><p>If a user changes the name and surname on the profile, the generic URL profile name will also change.<\/p><p>However, if a user decides to customise the URL profile name and subsequently change their account name and surname, the customised profile name will remain unchanged.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6adc0bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6adc0bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9733778\" data-id=\"9733778\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c98dcc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c98dcc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"591\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/linkedin-bill-gates-URL-profile-name.png?fit=591%2C447&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-748\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/linkedin-bill-gates-URL-profile-name.png?w=591&amp;ssl=1 591w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/linkedin-bill-gates-URL-profile-name.png?resize=300%2C227&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f95d75e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f95d75e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6ecfdf4\" data-id=\"6ecfdf4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-482ae9b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"482ae9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Why is this relevant?<\/p><p>Some users might decide to change their names, hide their surname or lock down their profile.<\/p><p>Without knowing the custom profile name from the URL, it might be harder to locate their accounts on the platform.<\/p><p>The URL profile name should be used as a unique identifier of a target account &#8211; the name and surname details should be treated as secondary.<\/p><p>In some cases, users will have a profile on another platform which closely resembles their user name from Linkedin (and vice versa).<\/p><p>To satisfy these possibilities, if need be, you can search manually or you can use Google operators and modify the argument to suit your specific search criteria:<\/p><p><strong>site:fb.com &#8220;williamhgates&#8221; OR &#8220;william gates&#8221; OR &#8220;williamgates&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-610818a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"610818a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ce1e90\" data-id=\"9ce1e90\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a24704b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a24704b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">4. View the Linkedin profile graphic elements<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02ab7bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02ab7bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-effdf97\" data-id=\"effdf97\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0a82e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a0a82e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The two main graphic elements of a Linkedin profile are the profile pic and the background photo.<\/p><p>Both can be downloaded and reverse image searched using one of the following image search engines (by no means is this list exhaustive &#8211; if you can recommend any other decent ones, please suggest them in the comments below the article):<\/p><p>Google Images &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/imghp?hl=en\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/imghp?hl=en<\/a><\/p><p>Yandex Images &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/yandex.com\/images\/\">https:\/\/yandex.com\/images\/<\/a><\/p><p>Flickr Image Search &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/search\/<\/a><\/p><p>Shutterstock &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/\">https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/<\/a><\/p><p>Getty Images &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p><p>Tin Eye &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/tineye.com\/\">https:\/\/tineye.com\/<\/a><\/p><p>The profile pic can be enlarged by either clicking on it, or by adding a &#8220;<strong>\/detail\/photo\/<\/strong>&#8221; parameter into the URL string. Example:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/williamhgates\/detail\/photo\/\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/williamhgates\/detail\/photo\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ac2fad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ac2fad\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-752e61d\" data-id=\"752e61d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c99d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77c99d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">5. Conduct a detailed manual Linkedin search<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c0e04d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c0e04d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19c0c75\" data-id=\"19c0c75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5188911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5188911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As it is usually the case with social networking platforms, searching using the built in search engine vs searching by manipulating the URL can yield varying results.<\/p><p>Here are some examples of search methods relying on modifying the URL values (brackets indicate what the value is and they are not part of the search query):<\/p><p><strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/people\/?firstName=[<em>name<\/em>]&amp;lastName=[<em>surname<\/em>]<\/strong><\/p><p>The above includes the search parameters for name and surname only.<\/p><p>This search can be enriched by including both the name and surname as keywords, thus giving it a broader scope:<\/p><p><strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/people\/?firstName=[<em>name<\/em>]&amp;keywords=[<em>name<\/em>]%20[<em>surname<\/em>]&amp;lastName=[<em>surname<\/em>]<\/strong><\/p><p>Both of these search values can be further enriched by adding additional criteria, such as the company name and the job title of the person we are searching for:<\/p><p><strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/search\/results\/people\/?firstName=[<em>name<\/em>]&amp;lastName=[<em>surname<\/em>]&amp;company=[<em>company name<\/em>]&amp;title=[job title]<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2444914 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2444914\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfda2c9\" data-id=\"bfda2c9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1dd66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa1dd66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">6. Search Linkedin profile's recent activity<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f15f3af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f15f3af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3a23cf\" data-id=\"c3a23cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ecadc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ecadc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The recent activity of a Linkedin profile is normally visible to the user&#8217;s contacts only via the website or the mobile app interface.<\/p><p>However, it can also be seen by anybody by manipulating the URL by adding the &#8220;<strong>\/detail\/recent-activity\/<\/strong>&#8221; part to the profile.<\/p><p>So to illustrate this example:<\/p><p><strong>https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/williamhgates\/detail\/recent-activity\/<\/strong><\/p><p>The Linkedin &#8220;activity&#8221; can be searched holistically as &#8220;All activity&#8221; (includes likes and reactions to other users&#8217; posts) or navigated separately.<\/p><p>On Linkedin, the activity associated with the user generated content is divided into:<\/p><ul><li>Articles<\/li><li>Posts<\/li><li>Documents<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f4849a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f4849a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fd663d7\" data-id=\"fd663d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c073f79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c073f79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">7. Establish the exact timeline<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c03e72f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c03e72f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b2ed8e\" data-id=\"4b2ed8e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28abec5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28abec5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This might be relevant if you need to know exactly when content X was posted, down to the date, the hour and the minute.<\/p><p>To illustrate this with an example, I have identified a particular post from the Linkedin account of Bill Gates I am interested in.<\/p><p>This post attracted nearly 8.000 responses (at the time of my writing) and also received some abusive, threatening or spam comments.<\/p><p>So let&#8217;s say I want to find out when exactly this comment was created.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8017c3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8017c3a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-965dbeb\" data-id=\"965dbeb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb265bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eb265bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/post-timestamp.png?fit=907%2C642&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-758\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/post-timestamp.png?w=907&amp;ssl=1 907w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/post-timestamp.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/post-timestamp.png?resize=768%2C544&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 907px) 100vw, 907px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7bc251b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7bc251b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9cb9b99\" data-id=\"9cb9b99\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fac35f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fac35f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/abusive-comment-bill-gates.png?fit=523%2C414&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-761\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/abusive-comment-bill-gates.png?w=523&amp;ssl=1 523w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/abusive-comment-bill-gates.png?resize=300%2C237&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-68fbe90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"68fbe90\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-deda876\" data-id=\"deda876\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9c6ba3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9c6ba3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:article:8045498028671735161\/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28article%3A8045498028671735161%2C6657225304370663424%29\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:article:8045498028671735161\/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28article%3A8045498028671735161%2C6657225304370663424%29<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7ba2b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7ba2b2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8f5357\" data-id=\"a8f5357\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13a33af elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13a33af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>While on the comment, select the Copy Link to Comment option and then open this comment of interest in a new tab or window.<\/li><li>Press the F12 button and view the page source code using the built-in browser developer tools.<\/li><li>Press CTRL + F to enable the search bar while on the Elements section.<\/li><li>Pick a keyword or a keyword string of interest (I picked &#8220;<em>so full of shit<\/em>&#8220;) and search for it in the search bar. The text containing the phrase will appear above it.<\/li><li>Right click on that section of the window, select Copy, the select Copy element. Open a new .txt file and paste the content there.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e966fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e966fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c417240\" data-id=\"c417240\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc248c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3dc248c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/F12-abusive-comment.png?fit=563%2C387&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-763\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/F12-abusive-comment.png?w=563&amp;ssl=1 563w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/F12-abusive-comment.png?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-09b1828 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"09b1828\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b132ae\" data-id=\"1b132ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f10c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30f10c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now within your text document, go CTRL + F and search for &#8220;created&#8221;.<\/p><p>It will bring you to the timestamp attached to that comment, which is stored in the following format:<\/p><p><strong>&#8220;createdTime&#8221;:1587206197828<\/strong><\/p><p>This format is a Unix Epoch timestamp &#8211; it shows the number of seconds (or milliseconds, depends on the configuration) between a particular date and 01\/01\/1970.<\/p><p>This is not human friendly, so use an converter &#8211; I recommend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.epochconverter.com\/\">Epoch Converter<\/a>.<\/p><p>And here it is:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-479c22d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"479c22d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dcaf635\" data-id=\"dcaf635\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76368fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"76368fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/epoch-timestamp.png?fit=647%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-764\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/epoch-timestamp.png?w=647&amp;ssl=1 647w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/epoch-timestamp.png?resize=300%2C83&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-684bb84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"684bb84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f39cf\" data-id=\"f8f39cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b1013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09b1013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">8. Take it away for future reference<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8ce987 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8ce987\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4049490\" data-id=\"4049490\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348b797 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"348b797\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each user&#8217;s Linkedin profile has a handy option, aimed at converting the account&#8217;s content into a CV-type document.<\/p><p>The &#8220;Save to PDF&#8221; option will allow you to quickly acquire the contents of a target profile.<\/p><p>It&#8217;s a useful feature, especially if a particular account was to be closed &#8211; you can retain the data for as long as it&#8217;s necessary.<\/p><p>Note that this will not download any personal information or any detailed activity, but it will give you a general profile overview.<\/p><p>Whatever you don&#8217;t get in a PDF download, you can complement with screenshots or by bookmarking content of particular interest (but remember, it will be lost if the profile or a particular activity is deleted).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6809fc3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6809fc3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73f7c85\" data-id=\"73f7c85\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2634c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a2634c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"890\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/save-as-pdf-Linkedin.png?fit=890%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-757\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/save-as-pdf-Linkedin.png?w=890&amp;ssl=1 890w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/save-as-pdf-Linkedin.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osintme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/save-as-pdf-Linkedin.png?resize=768%2C406&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A detailed, most updated write-up of some OSINT techniques for Linkedin, including searching outside the platform, URL manipulation, timestamp analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[34,86,42,31,32,28],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-source-intelligence","tag-investigation","tag-linkedin","tag-osint-profiles","tag-people-search","tag-social-media","tag-techniques"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":772,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729\/revisions\/772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osintme.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}