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Investigator515

We write about cybersecurity, technology, managing your privacy and open source intelligence. We're passionate about giving people the tools they need to feel empowered by technology, not overwhelmed. Did we also mention we're straight up nerds at heart? Get the latest information on blog posts and production information via our telegram: t.me/investigator515


Signals Intelligence & The Raspberry Pi

8 Jun 2024 4 minute read 4 comments Investigator515

The Pi provides a compact, yet effective SIGINT research station. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When you’re starting to look at signal analysis from the beginner's perspective, it can be a daunting prospect...

Radio On The Go: Portable SDR

5 Jun 2024 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack Home labs are pretty cool. Depending on your interests, we’ll often find an array of test equipment, hardware systems and even remote servers or systems. Having a centralised sp...

What The Tech?! Print Technology

30 May 2024 8 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack Today, we live in the Age of Information, but it hasn’t always been this way. While the printing press provided the first steps towards the true information age, it would take t...

Historical Hacks: SolarWinds

27 May 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Unpacking the Breach that Rocked the World. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As we’ve started to look at some historical incidents that have helped shape the modern cybersecurity landscape, there have been some...

The Dark Side Of Stablecoins

25 May 2024 4 minute read 3 comments Investigator515

Stablecoins are a popular way of avoiding the crypto world's legendary volatility. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack One of the most well-known facets of the cryptocurrency world is its legendary volatility. Wit...

What The Tech?! Rocket Engines

20 May 2024 7 minute read 1 comment Investigator515

Rockets gave us satellites, the space race and new technology for civilians. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack While covering the history of our connected world there’s been a heavy focus on electronics, with sa...

Antennas 101: High Gain & Directional

15 May 2024 6 minute read 2 comments Investigator515

Appropriate Antennas become the ears of any operation. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack In this previous article, we explored the role that antennas will play in optimising a transmitting or receiving station a...

Objects In Space: Voyager 1

10 May 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

Looking at Voyager 1 & The Voyager Program If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack As we’ve looked at exploring the radio spectrum there’s been a distinct focus on digital communications. Some of these, like RFID use...

Historical Hacks: Ashley Madison

6 May 2024 6 minute read 3 comments Investigator515

Breached data can cause all kinds of long-term issues to user security. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack When you’re dealing with cybersecurity it’s often true to say that some of the more damaging incidents co...

What The Tech?! Television

30 Apr 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Investigator515

If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack Being part of today’s connected world can be pretty convenient. Google gives us a vast array of knowledge straight to our handset, and thanks to instant messaging and email, we...