Working with Social Mapper Tool on Kali Linux OS
Example: Perform a fast scan
python3 social_mapper.py -f imagefolder -i /home/kali/Desktop/social_mapper/Input-Examples/imagefolder -m fast -tw
In this example, we will be performing a fast scan on images specified in the image folder.
We are performing a Twitter scan on faces saved in the image folder.
Results are saved in the SM-Results folder.
Displaying the .html format result file.
Social Mapper – Find Social Media Profiles Using Photo Only
OSINT techniques are too powerful that they can even search the information about the anonymous person on the internet by using his/her face without knowing the actual name of the person. Social Mapper is a Python-based open-source intelligence tool that correlates social media profiles via facial recognition. The Social Mapper tool is available on the GitHub platform, it is free and open-source to use. Social Mapper tool collects various data from many popular social media like:
- Google plus
- Vkontakte
This tool can be used in the phases of Reconnaissance and can help to perform Social Engineering attacks on the Organization or the Individual Victim.
Note: Make Sure You have Python Installed on your System, as this is a python-based tool. Click to check the Installation process – Python Installation Steps on Linux