Stolen Bicycle Registry DEVELOPED_BY Bryan Hance
Bryan says he started the Stolen Bicycle Registry as a free database for stolen bicycles.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“So, I started this site called Stolen Bicycle Registry.”
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Also: Bryan
Bike Index participant and investigator who describes tracking stolen bicycles and their sellers.
Bike Index participant and investigator who describes tracking stolen bicycles and their sellers.
“You can call me Bryan.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | OSINT | Explicit | 153 |
| outgoing | USES | Explicit | 153 | |
| outgoing | USES | Explicit | 153 | |
| outgoing | USES | VPN | Explicit | 153 |
| outgoing | USES | Visual geolocation | Explicit | 153 |
| outgoing | USES | Bing Maps | Explicit | 153 |
| outgoing | USES | Google Maps | Explicit | 153 |
| outgoing | USES | Facebook Marketplace | Explicit | 153 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Stolen Bicycle Registry | Explicit | 153 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Bike Index | Explicit | 153 |
Stolen Bicycle Registry DEVELOPED_BY Bryan Hance
Bryan says he started the Stolen Bicycle Registry as a free database for stolen bicycles.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“So, I started this site called Stolen Bicycle Registry.”
Bike Index DEVELOPED_BY Bryan Hance
Bryan says he and Seth joined forces and iteratively built Bike Index into a better system.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“So, we joined forces, and it was just — from day one after that, it was just, pew, just success, success, success, and we just iteratively built it into a much better system.”
Bryan Hance USES OSINT
Bryan describes using open-source intelligence to identify the seller, his contacts, locations, and supply chain.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“I refer to this guy as the OSINT pinata, ‘cause the minute you poke at him, literally everything falls out.”
Bryan Hance USES Facebook
Bryan and the investigation team examined the seller’s Facebook page and listings to identify stolen bicycles and associated people.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“We’re looking at this guy, and we’re looking at his web page, and it’s tons and tons and tons of bikes.”
Bryan Hance USES Instagram
Bryan says investigators examined the seller’s Instagram account and obtained access by posing as someone else.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 153 Details
“One of the guys was able to sneak into his Instagram by pretending to be somebody else.”
Bryan Hance USES VPN
The investigation used a VPN connection into Mexico to view listings that had been region-locked.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 153 Details
“someone got the idea to use a VPN, connect into Mexico, and see if they can still see the listings.”
Bryan Hance USES Visual geolocation
Bryan and the investigators inferred whether bicycle photographs were taken in the United States or Mexico from visual details in the images and surroundings.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“We would see a place that just looked like an American setting.”
Bryan Hance USES Bing Maps
Bryan says investigators used Bing Maps to compare the suspected San Jose staging location with visual details in the bicycle photographs.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“Then we went to Bing Maps, Google Maps, and we’re looking at this metal, shitty corrugated siding.”
Bryan Hance USES Google Maps
Bryan says investigators used Google Maps to compare the suspected San Jose staging location with visual details in the bicycle photographs.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“Then we went to Bing Maps, Google Maps, and we’re looking at this metal, shitty corrugated siding.”
Bryan Hance USES Facebook Marketplace
Bryan says Bike Index investigators and victims use Facebook Marketplace listings to identify and report suspected stolen bicycles.
Explicit Confidence 92% · Bryan Hance EP 153 Details
“OfferUp, Facebook Marketplace, and then there’s a whole sort of crappy constellation of knock-offs of OfferUp”