Investigator Interview: Jordan Wildon

The co-founder of Prose Intelligence, developer of Telepathy, and former journalist with Logically and Deutsche Welle talks about building tools and conducting investigations

Jordan Wildon’s experience as an investigator helped him identify the need for a tool to gather and analyze Telegram data. So he built and released Telepathy, a free open source application. Wildon recently left his job at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue to start Prose Intelligence, a company offering OSINT tools, training and services. Its first product is Telepathy Pro, currently in private beta.

I’ve followed Jordan’s investigations since he worked at Logically. We recently spoke about the investigative mindset, his approach to developing OSINT tools, and how much of the investigative process to include in an article. This is the first in a series I’m calling Investigator Interview. I hope you enjoy it! Feel free to suggest other people to interview in the comments…

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