Tempered Automation: Forging Tradecraft Through Bespoke Tooling
Explore the trade-offs of stealth, automation, and discrete tooling in intelligence collection.
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Infinite Scroll on Trial
Plaintiffs allege social media companies knowingly designed platforms to be addictive, especially to teenagers and children. Such problematic design features include infinite scroll and constant notifications.
Webinar August 2026 - Managed Attribution
Managed Attribution for high-risk research in contested online spaces.
In Defense of the Dark Arts: Operationalizing Managed Attribution
The online realm is composed of countless pocket dimensions brimming with hidden risk.
Choose a Path Before It's Chosen for You
Exploring algorithms, neural pathways, and societal changes after a six-year absence from social media.
Dirty Networks, Clean Data: Managed Attribution in Triage Environments
Licensed software can be a liability and an asset. Poorly configured tools become the indicator used to identify and manipulate investigations.
Structured Analytic Techniques: Starbursting
Questions are meant to explore ideas and problems more thoroughly before moving to solutions or assessments.
Webinar July 2026 - Checking the Balance
Government Powers, Legal Process, and the 4th Amendment
Threat250: Federal Missteps Fuel Evolving Summer Threats
Members of the public should remain vigilant while attending large gatherings, particularly those of strategic political interest.
Redline: Analyzing the Next White House Surveillance App
This is not a benign communication platform; it's a deliberately architected, state-sponsored surveillance apparatus.
Judicial and Administrative Arrest Warrants
This analysis examines Fourth Amendment protections and arrest warrants to assist readers in evaluating current events.
Intelligence Cycle Webinar - June 2026
The Intelligence Cycle is integral to Ravenwood's work and provides a structured way to transform data and information into knowledge that supports decisionmaking.
Society
Warrants: Searches and the Digital World
This analysis discusses Fourth Amendment protections, search warrant components, and implications in a digital world.
Tradecraft
Don't Burn the Cake: A Managed Attribution Strategy
Think of managing attribution like baking a cake rather than peeling an onion.
Society
Subpoenas Everywhere
This analysis examines administrative subpoenas, how they are being used by agencies, and the resulting privacy implications.
Society
The Human Vulnerability
Social engineering impacts everyone from giant mega-corporations to lonely grandmothers. These types of attacks are effective because humans can be compelled or motivated to act in certain ways, positive or negative.
Announcements
Introducing Ravenwood!
Our vision is simple: democratize intelligence and build resilience in the communities we serve.
Tradecraft
The Intelligence Cycle: A Strong Foundation
The framework used to guide intelligence analysis is called the Intelligence Cycle. At Ravenwood Intelligence Cooperative, we apply a six-step intelligence cycle to all our work.
Society
The Low Bar: How Subpoenas Compel User Data
This analysis examines federal grand jury subpoenas, data collected by companies, and the resulting privacy implications
Tech
Instagram Discontinuing Encrypted Chats
On May 8, 2026, Instagram’s end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) chat feature will be discontinued. For years, child safety advocates and law enforcement agencies worldwide have argued against Meta’s use of E2EE for direct messaging.
Tradecraft
What is Managed Attribution?
Managed attribution is the holistic and deliberate act of curating digital signatures and forensic artifacts to project a desired image online.
Society
By the Numbers: The Quiet Collapse of Justice
A former FBI analyst picks apart OPM’s data to tell a deeper story of who has left the department and why.
Society
A Former FBI Agent’s Thank-You Message to Brian Driscoll
Unknown outside the FBI until mistakenly made Acting FBI Director, Driscoll should be honored for his courage and his example of true strength through self-sacrifice.
Global
Case Study: Counterterrorism Intelligence Failures
When systemic intelligence failures, politicized priorities, and lax judicial oversight collide, the results are catastrophic.