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Honest #OSINT question: can we consider satellite imagery from a commercial company as Maxar an Open Source? Why (not)? 👇 I'd like to read on this topic. Any articles you suggest about #OSINT use of (commercial) satellite imagery? 🙏🙌

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The recent article highlighting one of my friend’s (

👀) work might be a good pointer! many thoughts on this, but major reason why it isn’t - privacy and surveillance concerns esp with higher resolution.

Satellite companies join the hunt for Russian war crimes

The firms that helped document the Russian invasion of Ukraine are now finding imagery of atrocities.

8:28 PM · Apr 6, 2022Twitter for iPhone

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Keep any eye out for my thesis (eventually) for a detailed dive into the privacy and security concerns 👀

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Great! Thanks for sharing!