# Automated Processing

## OSINT Software Hierarchy

Software functionalities for an optimal OSINT toolkit:

* **Dissemination** – publishing, and production management functionalities.
* **Analysis** – combines collaborative work tools with data visualization and manipulation tools with thinking tools.
* **Automated pre-processing**.

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## Level of Intrusion

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## Automated Processing

Resources.

* crawlers.
* analytics.
* social media searches.
* digital footprint, anonymization, and IP address as an ID.
* Application Programming Interface (API).
* dark web.

## Social media

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