Radio Callsign: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A callsign is a licensed identity broadcast in the clear. Few identifiers are simultaneously regulated, globally unique and publicly indexed....
Measurement & Signature Intel
IMEI / Device Identifier: Data Point Intelligence Guide
An IMEI identifies a handset, not a person and not a phone number. Confusing device identity with subscriber identity is...
Cell Tower / Cell ID: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A cell identifier is not a location. It is a piece of network infrastructure with a coverage footprint, and confusing...
Satellite Imagery: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Overhead imagery does not tell you what happened. It tells you what changed between two dates, and the analyst supplies...
Facility / Site: Data Point Intelligence Guide
A facility is where corporate paper meets physical reality. Registries tell you who claims the site; the ground truth tells...
GPS Coordinates: Data Point Intelligence Guide
Six decimal places is a doorstep. Two is a district. Precision in a coordinate is a decision about harm, not...
Space Intelligence (SPACEINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Orbits are deterministic and observable. A satellite cannot hide its manoeuvres from anyone willing to do the arithmetic, and much...
Signals Intelligence (SIGINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Signals intelligence is a state function with a warrant behind it. For everyone else, the discipline still matters, because you...
Radio Frequency Intelligence (RFINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
The spectrum is a public utility with a public map. Licences, allocations and open receiver networks let you characterise the...
Measurement & Signature Intel (MASINT): Intelligence Discipline Guide
Imagery shows you the object. Measurement and signature intelligence tells you what the object is doing, how hot it is...
