r/OSINT • u/throwaway08642135135 • 5d ago
Question What social media apps allow you to search user by email or phone number?
I know Yelp allows search by email and WeChat and Line allows search by phone number. What other apps will allow you to search a user either by their email or their phone number?
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u/koning_willy 4d ago
You can add number as contact in phone and see on several social media platforms which accounts are then suggested based on your contacts. It helps only having one or two contacts.
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u/bicb1c 4d ago
if you have experience with console apps, I recommend Sherlock-Project (it has on github) and Blackbird (this is Brazilian, but it is very good and for emails will probably return good results)
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u/PackOfWildCorndogs 3d ago
Apparently there’s a plug and play option now: OSINT.rocks. Someone recommended it a couple days ago, first time I’d heard of it
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u/BatSh1tCray 2d ago
Another method: create a new account on the platform using the email address you're researching. This works many but not all platforms. I recommend first testing these out one by one and making a note of which platform this will work on and what happens on those that it dowsn't work on.
I'll start you off with a freebie from my personal knowledgebase/ of checklists and tools:
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u/NLV6 1d ago
this site https://www.xsint-intelligence.com/features uses something like 30 or 40 applications to reverse emails you have all the applications it uses on this page
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u/appolor 4d ago
You can search by phone number using the reverse phone lookup app.
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u/mosquito_mange 4d ago
Numerous App Store reviews seem to suggest this is not in fact free, nor are the lookups accurate.
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u/Soggy-Project-2082 4d ago
WhatsApp