1 00:00:00,140 --> 00:00:03,200 Now let's talk about Instagram Osint. 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:10,010 In the previous lectures, we have seen how we can gather information about a Facebook profile and we 3 00:00:10,010 --> 00:00:12,560 have documented everything that we have gathered. 4 00:00:13,790 --> 00:00:19,250 In this lecture and in the next few lectures, we are going to talk about how you can gather information 5 00:00:19,250 --> 00:00:20,900 from an Instagram account. 6 00:00:22,010 --> 00:00:24,830 Now, Instagram has also a huge user base. 7 00:00:24,830 --> 00:00:31,070 It has over 1 billion monthly active users, and there are many people who have an Instagram account. 8 00:00:31,070 --> 00:00:38,300 And as we know, people use Instagram to post photos and videos, but they cannot post any text posts. 9 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:43,880 So the first thing we are going to do is to analyze the target profile. 10 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,100 So here I have an example. 11 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:52,790 Here we have the profile picture the username of this Instagram account, the display name which is 12 00:00:52,790 --> 00:00:58,400 always written in bold, and the description as well as a URL. 13 00:00:59,450 --> 00:01:05,570 So we are going to take the same steps that we have done before to gather information about a Facebook 14 00:01:05,570 --> 00:01:06,170 account. 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:13,850 We are going to save the profile picture and copy the URL to our notes and take a screenshot of the 16 00:01:13,850 --> 00:01:14,960 target page. 17 00:01:16,430 --> 00:01:19,010 So let's have a look at our notes. 18 00:01:19,010 --> 00:01:24,050 We have previously got Rishi Scarborough's Instagram account which is this one. 19 00:01:24,050 --> 00:01:26,300 So I'm going to copy the URL. 20 00:01:26,300 --> 00:01:28,520 And then I'm going to paste it. 21 00:01:29,030 --> 00:01:31,940 And we will see that this page is not available. 22 00:01:32,690 --> 00:01:38,690 So he might have changed his username or might deleted his Instagram account. 23 00:01:38,930 --> 00:01:45,500 So what we can do in this case is to search for Rishi Kabra from within Instagram. 24 00:01:45,500 --> 00:01:48,560 So what I'm going to do is just to type Rishi Kabra. 25 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:55,560 And here we have many accounts with the name Rishi Kabra and we don't know which Rishi Kabra is the 26 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:57,030 one that we are looking for. 27 00:01:57,150 --> 00:02:02,520 Now of course, we can have a look at all the pictures and we might find a certain picture that is similar 28 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,070 to the profile pictures that we have seen before. 29 00:02:05,070 --> 00:02:07,590 But let's have a look at our notes again. 30 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:15,540 Now he always used the name Rishi Kabra as his username, but we have one more information, which is 31 00:02:15,570 --> 00:02:21,390 if we looked at the URL of his Facebook profile, we can see that he has the name Rishi Raj Cobra. 32 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:24,030 So he has a middle name which is Raj. 33 00:02:24,060 --> 00:02:33,630 So if we went to Instagram and search for Rishi Raj Cobra then we will only get one account and he also 34 00:02:33,630 --> 00:02:35,310 has a similar profile picture. 35 00:02:35,310 --> 00:02:36,810 So I believe that this is him. 36 00:02:36,810 --> 00:02:43,710 We cannot see his eyes, but we can see by looking at his beard and his hair that this might be the 37 00:02:43,710 --> 00:02:45,210 person that we are looking for. 38 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,570 In addition to that, he used the name Rishi Kabra in his description. 39 00:02:48,570 --> 00:02:49,830 This is the display name. 40 00:02:49,830 --> 00:02:51,210 This is the user name. 41 00:02:51,210 --> 00:02:55,830 And we can see the number of posts that he had and followers and following. 42 00:02:55,980 --> 00:03:03,240 Now, the reason why it's important to create an identity or a sockpuppet account is because if we know 43 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:09,990 that we are looking for a person that is from India, then I might create an identity that is from India, 44 00:03:09,990 --> 00:03:14,730 that is also from Kolkata, that has also studied in the SRM University. 45 00:03:14,730 --> 00:03:21,090 And if I try to follow him on his Instagram account and he saw all of these information in my description 46 00:03:21,090 --> 00:03:27,390 or in my bio, then he might accept my follower request and then I will be able to see all of his posts. 47 00:03:27,390 --> 00:03:31,500 But for now, I'm going to get the information that we have seen so far. 48 00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:36,810 So I'm going to copy the URL and then I'm going to add a new subnodes. 49 00:03:36,810 --> 00:03:40,650 And I'm going to call it Instagram and then hit enter. 50 00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:46,630 So I'm going to say the URL is this one. 51 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:52,480 And then I'm going to download the profile picture and upload it to my notes. 52 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:58,510 So to do this I'm going to hover over his profile picture and then right mouse click. 53 00:03:58,510 --> 00:04:00,970 And then I'm going to say open Image and new tab. 54 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,160 And this is going to open an image which is not a high resolution image. 55 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:10,060 And we can see that it is 320 by 320 pixels. 56 00:04:10,060 --> 00:04:12,070 But I'm going to download it. 57 00:04:12,100 --> 00:04:15,250 I'm going to put it in my desktop. 58 00:04:15,610 --> 00:04:19,810 And then I'm going to my notes and upload this image. 59 00:04:21,190 --> 00:04:27,430 After finding basic information about our target, the next thing we can do is to find the user ID of 60 00:04:27,430 --> 00:04:28,390 this profile. 61 00:04:28,990 --> 00:04:35,200 Similar to Facebook, every Instagram or Facebook account has a unique identifier that gets generated 62 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,660 once an Instagram profile is created. 63 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:43,900 So if our target has changed his profile picture his name, his username and everything. 64 00:04:43,900 --> 00:04:50,050 You will still be able to find his account with his user ID because he cannot change this ID. 65 00:04:50,350 --> 00:04:56,050 So to find the ID, all you have to do is to visit the page of the target and then click on control 66 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:01,150 U to view the page source, and then search for the word profile underscore id. 67 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:07,060 So to find the user id, all we have to do is to visit the target profile. 68 00:05:07,060 --> 00:05:10,630 And then right mouse click and then view page source. 69 00:05:10,660 --> 00:05:15,730 And then you can say Ctrl F and say or search for the word profile ID. 70 00:05:16,330 --> 00:05:22,270 So for some reason, Firefox will always highlight a different text than the one that we have searched 71 00:05:22,270 --> 00:05:22,840 for. 72 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:25,240 And you can see the ID in here. 73 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:30,790 Even if you have tried to copy it, it's not going to copy it for some reason, and it's going to copy 74 00:05:30,790 --> 00:05:31,690 another text. 75 00:05:31,690 --> 00:05:36,730 For example, I can say paste and you can see that it has copied and pasted another thing. 76 00:05:36,730 --> 00:05:44,110 So what I can do is use Chrome, because Chrome is way better than using Firefox to find the ID, or 77 00:05:44,110 --> 00:05:49,360 I can just open my notepad and then write the ID that I found. 78 00:05:49,390 --> 00:05:51,160 So this is the user ID. 79 00:05:52,570 --> 00:06:00,670 Now I'm going to go to my notes and add the user ID, which is the one that we found just in case he 80 00:06:00,670 --> 00:06:02,350 changed his information. 81 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:09,070 Now if you would like to find the user ID automatically and not use the manual way, then you can use 82 00:06:09,070 --> 00:06:11,860 a website like Fame Swap that. 83 00:06:11,860 --> 00:06:17,320 I'm going to add it to the resources of this lecture, and all you have to do is just to enter the username 84 00:06:17,320 --> 00:06:19,510 of the Instagram profile. 85 00:06:19,510 --> 00:06:22,090 And then I'm going to click on Find User ID. 86 00:06:23,980 --> 00:06:29,260 And here is the user ID, which is the exact same user ID that we have found before. 87 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:35,690 Now let's say that your target has changed his username, his profile picture and his display name, 88 00:06:35,690 --> 00:06:37,520 and you only have the user ID. 89 00:06:37,790 --> 00:06:42,650 So to find the account again you can go to this website that's called Comment Picker that will I will 90 00:06:42,650 --> 00:06:45,380 also add it to the resources of this lecture. 91 00:06:45,410 --> 00:06:52,010 And then you want to add the ID and then you want to solve this captcha and then say search Instagram 92 00:06:52,010 --> 00:06:52,760 username. 93 00:06:53,690 --> 00:06:57,950 And now it will show you the username of this user ID. 94 00:06:58,130 --> 00:07:01,760 So I can click on it and it will open his profile again. 95 00:07:01,760 --> 00:07:07,220 So even if he changed his username, profile picture and display name, I will still be able to track 96 00:07:07,250 --> 00:07:10,310 this account again because I have his user id. 97 00:07:11,570 --> 00:07:17,000 So in this video we have learned how we can gather basic information about the target, how we can analyze 98 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:23,300 their profiles and save the required information like their profile picture, their username, display 99 00:07:23,330 --> 00:07:25,490 name and taking screenshot. 100 00:07:25,490 --> 00:07:31,100 And we have also learned how we can get the user ID just in case they have changed their information.