Ignorant
GPL-3.0๐ General OSINT ยท Python
Ignorant is an OSINT tool that allows you to check if a phone number is used on different platforms like Snapchat, Instagram, and other services. Unlike tools that scrape profiles, Ignorant works by using the password reset and account recovery flows of various services, which typically reveal whether an account exists for a given phone number without notifying the account holder. This makes it a passive reconnaissance tool - the target receives no notification that their phone number was checked. Ignorant is written in Python with a modular architecture that makes it easy to add new platform checks. It's particularly useful during the reconnaissance phase of social engineering assessments, missing person investigations, or when building a profile of a target's digital footprint across services.
Installation
pip
$ pip install ignorantfrom source
$ git clone https://github.com/megadose/ignorant.git && cd ignorant && pip install -r requirements.txtUse Cases
- Checking if a phone number is registered on Snapchat, Instagram, and other platforms
- Building a target's digital footprint during the reconnaissance phase
- Social engineering assessment preparation with passive phone number lookups
- Verifying phone number associations without alerting the target account holder
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Details
- Category
- ๐ General OSINT
- Language
- Python
- Repository
- megadose/ignorant
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- ๐งlinux๐macos๐ชwindows
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