Toddington International Inc.

Name: Toddington International Inc.
Address: #200, 375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC, V6B5C6, CA
Telephone: +16044689222

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Toddington International Inc.

Since 1997, Toddington International Inc.

has maintained an unrivaled global reputation as a leader in the provision of Online Research, Internet Investigation and Online Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) training and support services.

08/14/2026

The TII Summer Newsletter is here! ☀️

Whether you’re taking a well-earned summer break or keeping your investigative skills sharp, our latest edition has a strong focus on AI and its evolving role in OSINT.

Inside this edition:

🤖 Building Your First AI Stack: Start Small, Think Strategically
🔎 AI insights from TII on Substack
🎓 Our newly launched 105E AIO — AI for OSINT course
🏆 The April Open Source Challenge winner and solution

Grab a cold beverage, find a shady spot, and catch up on what’s happening at TII this summer. 😎

👉 Read the Summer 2026 Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/toddington/tii-osint-newsletter-summer-2026

07/20/2026

🕵️‍♂️Now Live: 105E AIO - AI for OSINT

Curious about using AI to enhance your OSINT and online investigations?

Effective AI-assisted investigations require far more than writing good prompts. They depend on selecting appropriate tools, validating AI-generated information, applying sound investigative methodology, and maintaining defensible analytical processes.

Our new 105E AIO - AI for OSINT course is designed specifically for investigators, intelligence analysts, and OSINT practitioners who want to integrate AI into their investigative workflows with greater efficiency, confidence, and control.

Learn practical techniques for:

🔍 Understanding where AI can—and cannot—support OSINT investigations

🧠 Recognizing common AI failure modes and unreliable outputs

⚖️ Assessing whether AI is appropriate for a specific investigative task

📝 Writing structured prompts that produce clearer, more reviewable results

🖼️ Evaluating synthetic media and AI-generated content

🔎 Identifying cognitive and analytical risks when working with AI

🛠️ Selecting appropriate AI-assisted tools for investigative workflows

🛡️ Applying governance, documentation, and accountability throughout AI-assisted investigations

🎓 Limited introductory price: $299.99 CAD

👉 Learn more and register: https://www.toddington.com/product/105e-aio/

07/16/2026

🛠️ Building an AI stack starts with one tool, one task, and one practical need.

You do not need every new platform or a complicated system.

Start with:

🔹 One recurring task
🔹 One accessible tool
🔹 One clear purpose

Then:

✅ Learn what the tool does well
✅ Notice where it falls short
✅ Add another only when it fills a genuine gap

A useful AI stack is built gradually, with each tool serving a clear role.

Start small. Learn through use. Think strategically.

👉 Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/building-your-first-ai-stack-start

05/13/2026

🕵️‍♂️ Online communication is rarely just plain language.

In SOCMINT, investigators may encounter slang, emojis, hashtags, symbols, memes, coded phrases, and platform-specific references that carry meaning inside a particular digital culture.

The challenge is interpretation.

A term, symbol, or emoji may indicate belonging, risk, ideology, marketplace activity, grooming behaviour, fraud, or concealment. It may also be ironic, outdated, regional, copied, or harmless.

Context, corroboration, and critical thinking turn online signals into stronger intelligence.

👉 Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/reading-the-room-online-socmint-language

05/07/2026

🤖 AI Tools for OSINT: A Practical Starting Point for Investigators

AI tools can support research, prompt development, media review, transcription, translation, and reporting — but they do not replace investigative judgment.

The key is knowing what each tool can support, where it may fail, and what must still be verified.

👉 Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/ai-tools-for-osint-a-practical-starting

04/30/2026

🕵️‍♂️Protective and investigative work does not begin at the venue, the vehicle, the doorstep, or the first site visit.

In many cases, it begins online.

OSINT can help practitioners identify exposure, verify context, assess risk indicators, and clarify what still needs to be confirmed before anyone enters the field.

🔎 Pre-surveillance planning
📍 Event reconnaissance
🧾 Due diligence before engagement
🧠 Operational awareness
🛡️ Executive protection

Used responsibly, OSINT does not replace fieldwork, surveillance, protective planning, or professional judgment.

It strengthens them.

👉Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/before-the-fieldwork-how-osint-supports

04/23/2026

💻 Join us live online this May for two upcoming Toddington International Remote Delivery courses. Limited seats available.

202C SMI – Social Media Intelligence & Investigation
May 21–22, 2026
Taught by Carina McDonald

201C OSINT – Navigating the New Era of Open Source Intelligence
May 27–28, 2026
Taught by David Toddington

👉 Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/join-us-live-online-registration

04/21/2026

🔎 A website is not just something to read. For investigators, it is often the first pivot point in a wider inquiry.

Useful clues may include:

• names
• email addresses
• phone numbers
• domain details
• source code clues
• archived pages
• reviews and off-site references

The value is not just in finding these details. It is in knowing where each one can take you next.

👉 Read more: https://toddingtonint.substack.com/p/beyond-the-homepage-website-clues

04/14/2026

🕵️‍♂️ Ready for a new OSINT challenge, digital sleuths?

*Fragment to Fact. Context from Clues.*

This month’s fictional scenario challenges investigators to uncover the true location, context, and timeline of an image fragment, then assess the accuracy of a suspect’s claim using clear, verifiable OSINT methodology.

📆 Submissions are due Friday, May 1, 2026.

🏆 The strongest documented analysis will win a free Toddington course license or virtual workshop seat.

👉 Learn more in TII’s April newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/toddington/tii-osint-newsletter-april-2026

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04/08/2026

🕵️‍♀️ TII's April Newsletter is live

AI is changing how digital images are created and interpreted.

This month’s issue explores why verification is now essential for investigators.

📌 Image verification
📘 AI for OSINT (coming soon)
🏁 OSINT Challenge

👉 Read more: https://mailchi.mp/toddington/tii-osint-newsletter-april-2026

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V6B5C6

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