# Sock Puppets

## What is it?

* Alternate Identity = use this for osint so that we do not draw attention to ourselves.
* Accounts on social media that looks legitimate (have some posts and data etc) that should not tie back to us

## Creating sock puppets

* Good to knoe: Sock hunters are people who can identify sock puppets
* Step One: Generate a fake name & identity (see fake name generator in resources)
* Step 2: Create a picture for it using an AI generated photo (see thisperson does not exist in resources)
* Step 3: type this person with accounts that does not tie back to you (specific computer for your investigations, burner phone,...)
  * You can create a virtual credit card with privacy.com website (see link in resources) this way you can buy a burner phone or anything using it
  * You can use mint mobile sim card for the burner phone
* Do not do the investigation on your own IP address

## Tools

{% embed url="<https://www.fakenamegenerator.com/>" %}
Fake Name Generator
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://www.thispersondoesnotexist.com/>" %}
This Person Does not Exist
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://privacy.com/>" %}
Privacy.com
{% endembed %}

## Resources

{% embed url="<https://jakecreps.com/sock-puppets/>" %}
Creating an Effective Sock Puppet for OSINT Investigations – Introduction - Jake Creps
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://www.secjuice.com/the-art-of-the-sock-osint-humint/>" %}
The Art Of The Sock - secjuice
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://www.reddit.com/r/OSINT/comments/dp70jr/my_process_for_setting_up_anonymous_sockpuppet/>" %}
Process for setting up anonymous sock puppet - reddit
{% endembed %}


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