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I took an "entry level" CIA test

I took an "entry level" CIA test

Source: YouTube · Bog · published Jun 22, 2026 · 31:16

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BLUF: This video presents a beginner-friendly open-source intelligence (OSINT) challenge that requires identifying the location of a photo taken from Google Street View using visible text clues. 0:00

Key Takeaways:
• The challenge is designed to be easy and beginner-friendly, with an estimated completion time of 60 minutes, though the presenter aims to finish much faster. 0:00
• The primary task involves analyzing a downloaded image containing trees and a gate to determine the city where it was taken, along with three other questions. 0:15
• The presenter identifies the image as a Google Street View capture and looks for textual clues on the gate, such as "The Rectory" and "ADT," to find context. 0:31
• Additional text on the gate, including "Acme Jet Solutions," suggests the property may be linked to a company employee, providing further investigative leads. 0:45

This exercise demonstrates how simple visual cues and text in street-level imagery can be leveraged to uncover specific geographic and contextual information.

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  • 0:00 Introduction of the OSINT challenge
  • 0:15 Description of the task and image content
  • 0:31 Identification of Google Street View and initial text clues
  • 0:45 Analysis of company-related text for context

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This is an easy level beginner friendly open source intelligence challenge. It should take about 60 minutes, but surely I can do it much faster than that. You know what? Actually, let's set a timer to see how much faster I can do this. Boom, download task files. Okay, it downloaded some sort of picture. There's trees and a gate. Answer the questions below. In which city was the photo taken? Oh, and there are four questions in total. So, this should be easy. So, in which city was this photo taken? There is some text there. 20 18 Google, I think. So, this is a Google Street View image. Then it says ADT. I'm not sure what that says. Armed Republic, maybe? And then this on the gate says "The Rectory". Wait, I need more context. Acme Jet Solutions. Oh, so some sort of a company employee uploade…