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In 2020, the market size of open-source intelligence (OSINT) has exceeded USD $5 billion. The term 'OSINT' refers to the process of legally collecting information that can be accessed and gathered from free, public sources online. The process of gathering information includes data mining, different crawling techniques, data extraction, data washing, and analysis. Uses include cybersecurity and managing misinformation. The benefits have inspired both IT security professionals and state-sanctioned intelligence operatives to use various OSINT technologies.