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At Black Hat, David Bombal sits down with OSINT pro Mishaal Khan to unpack anti-OSINT, practical steps to regain privacy without pricey services. Mishaal demos his free OperationPrivacy dashboard (400+ actions, 3 tiers: Conscious → Serious → Ghost) and shows how to:
• Freeze credit & use free monitoring
• Opt out of 100+ data brokers (Spokeo, Intelius, LexisNexis, more)
• Blur your home on Google/Bing/Apple Maps + real-world deterrents
• Claim critical accounts (IRS/DMV/USPS/UPS) and your domain
• Nudge page-one results with harmless decoys
• File copyright takedowns (Instagram/Google, etc.)
US-centric but widely applicable. DIY, trackable, and truthful about the time it takes.
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// MENU //
0:00 – Coming Up
01:31 – Sponsored by ProtonPass
03:00 – Introduction
05:44 – Operation Privacy Demo
07:49 – How to Freeze Your Credit
08:41 – Credit Monitoring Explained
09:19 – Managing Subscriptions
10:13 – Data Removal (Outbound Requests)
12:40 – Should You Use Automatic Removal?
14:03 – Protecting Your Privacy
15:41 – Why Privacy Takes Time
17:46 – Planting Your Privacy Flag
19:56 – Ghost Mode & SOE Manipulation
22:47 – Getting Content Removal Forms
23:40 – Taking a Holistic Approach to Privacy
25:08 – Final Thoughts / Outro
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