Show HN: I made a website that finds your hobbies based on your email (hobbyfinder.app)

4 points by loyai 1y ago ↗ HN

I built a website that uses OSINT to determine an email owner's interests and hobbies based on their online activity.

Many people underestimate what OSINT is truly capable of.

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Klaster_1 1y ago ↗

That captcha was awful, I almost gave up at third one. Citing sources for results would be useful, if that's possible.

loyai 1y ago ↗

kind of a rate-limiting technique but i'll try to make it better, as for the sources I might do that in the future

asymptotix 1y ago ↗

Mine was reasonable, but barely a fraction of what I’d say I spend most of my time doing online.

loyai 1y ago ↗

It definitely has its limitations, but I think it's good enough for a start, might add a few more as well

aziaziazi 1y ago ↗

[email I use for interpersonal and official communications]: no interests found

[email for thinks I’m not willing to share or publicly associate with myself]: results: "programming"

[email for everything else]: results: "programming (yes), freelance (not reaaaly), graphic design (15 years ago), Hiking (yes, how did it get that?!!)

Cool tool and I’d be glad to click on a "how does that work" page. Since you mention OSINT here I’ll have a look at it. The changing header line (magic/intel/osint) is a hint but also a bit confusing as magic is obviously not serious and intel as many meanings.

loyai 1y ago ↗

thank you so much for the feedback!

I will definitely show "how does that work" in the future