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TherearelotsofinvestigativeopportunitiesonTwitteraccounts,butalwaysapplycautionwiththeinformationobtainedandseekoutcorroboration.

Youdon’tneedaTwitteraccounttosearchTwitter,butmanyofthethirdpartytoolsrequireyoutohaveanaccount.

Someoftheinvestigativeopportunitiesavailableare

Twitter Search Basics – Internet Investigation Course 2016

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It’simportanttoidentifytheaccountIDoftheuseryouareinterestedin.Iftheychangetheiruserhandle,youmaystruggletofindtheiraccountwithouttheiraccountID.

Userhandlescanbechangedasoftenastheuserwishes

Usetweeterid.comtoconvertaTwitterusernametoanaccountIDandviceversa.

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TheTwitterwebsiteallowsyoutoentersearchterms,includinguserhandles,#hashtagsandkeywords.

Eitherwithanaccount:

Orwithoutanaccount:

Twitter Search Basics – Internet Investigation Course 2016

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It’smuchbettertousetheTwitterAdvancedSearchfeatureat

https://twitter.com/search-advanced?lang=en

Youdon’tneedanaccountandtherearemanysearchoptions

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Tweetscancontaingeo-locationdataandyoucansearchfortheseTweetsbyenteringauserhandleat

geosocialfootprint.com

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Butrememberthatgeo-locationcanbefalsifiedbyseveralmeans,including

pleasedontstalkme.com

IfyouwanttomonitororretrieveTwitterconversationsbetweentwopeopleorbytopic,youcandosoat

conweets.com

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ImagesinTweetswon’tcontainExif/Metadatabutcanbereversesearched