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As an anecdote I once tracked down a person who threatened me. The only things I had were their likeness (whilst wearing a mask!), the car and plates (which were only useful to positively identify the person was correct when I called the phone number and asked 'do you own such and such car with such and such plates') and the fact that the person worked for a law firm (not specific) using only osint.
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