The development of the forensic OSINT-tool called Snoop 1.4.2 has raised concerns regarding users’ privacy. This tool is designed to search for users’ accounts in public data, utilizing intelligence from open sources. By analyzing various sites, forums, and social networks, it can determine the presence of a user with a specified nickname. The project, based on research in scraping public data, has assemblies available for Linux and Windows.
The code for Snoop is written in Python and distributed under a license that limits its use to personal use only. It is a branch from the code base of the project Sherlock, which is supplied under the MIT license. The creation of this fork was necessary due to the inability to expand the database of sites.
Snoop has been included in the Russian Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computing Machines and Databilities with a specific code. Currently, Snoop tracks the presence of a user on 4752 internet resources in the full version and on popular resources in Demo versions.
The latest updates in Snoop include optimizations in the Windows version, improved effectiveness of repeated requests, and an optimized algorithm for different system configurations. Additionally, enhancements have been made for faster work in specific modes, safer resource release, and improved warning systems on Android/Termux versions.