PGI’s Digital Investigations Team brings you the Digital Threat Digest, SOCMINT and OSINT insights into disinformation, influence operations, and online harms. BeReal, will it save us all or is it all the same? I realised I was old when my partner’s sister asked me if I had BeReal. Not only did I not ‘have it’ I had no idea what it was – YIKES! A quick google made me realise that I had in fact been left behind and a new ‘cool’ app had been created for the Gen Z folk. BeReal’s concept is simple, you get a notification at a random time during the day, and you have a two-minute window to upload a ‘BeReal’ – two photos using your phone’s front and back camera to capture the authenticity of your life. For example, you’re at the office staring at a blank screen (won’t name and shame my colleagues who do that) or you’re making avocado toast in your messy kitchen. Essentially, you are supposed to capture the untouched, the uncurated, the unfiltered.
Digital Threat Digest - 11 August 2022
Digital Threat Digest - 11 August 2022
Digital Threat Digest - 11 August 2022
PGI’s Digital Investigations Team brings you the Digital Threat Digest, SOCMINT and OSINT insights into disinformation, influence operations, and online harms. BeReal, will it save us all or is it all the same? I realised I was old when my partner’s sister asked me if I had BeReal. Not only did I not ‘have it’ I had no idea what it was – YIKES! A quick google made me realise that I had in fact been left behind and a new ‘cool’ app had been created for the Gen Z folk. BeReal’s concept is simple, you get a notification at a random time during the day, and you have a two-minute window to upload a ‘BeReal’ – two photos using your phone’s front and back camera to capture the authenticity of your life. For example, you’re at the office staring at a blank screen (won’t name and shame my colleagues who do that) or you’re making avocado toast in your messy kitchen. Essentially, you are supposed to capture the untouched, the uncurated, the unfiltered.