Jordan Wildon's Pocket-Friendly OSINT Cyberdeck Packs a Raspberry Pi and Ultra-Compact Keyboard

Maker and analyst Jordan Wildon has put together a stylish cyberdeck designed for open source intelligence (OSINT) work — and built around a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB single-board computer.

"I’m an (amateur) developer and full-time OSINT analyst," Wildon explains of the project's scope. "My job mostly surrounds designing methods to collect and analyze information. This'll most likely be my playground for new tools and investigating shady internet goings on. Right now I'm running Raspbian Lite but intend to swap it out after playing a bit more."

The heart of the system, designed for a compact layout, is a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 4GB single-board computer linked to a Pimoroni HyperPixel 4.0 display. The unusually small keyboard is a PocketType, built around tactile switches and with small round keycaps in order to reduce the overall footprint.

The main hardware is housed in a modified off-the-shelf acrylic casing, with an Anker PowerCore USB battery pack charging everything. Cheap cabinet hinges are added to allow the unit to fold up for transport, and a TP-Link Archer T3U Plus AC1300 USB Wi-Fi adapter with chunky external antenna provides powerful connectivity. Finally, the machine is decorated as simply as possible: Using yellow electrical tape for accents.

"I use it for CLI [Command-Line Interface] OSINT tools and data collection/analysis and do this professionally," Wildon explains. "In short, it's a little nerdy playground for testing home-developed tools and running longer processes, while also being good for on-the-fly investigations. I can leave this running to archive information, or even just do a quick scan for things like collecting data on domains, or usernames, Telegram chats, whatever. Part work, part play."

More details are available on Wildon's Reddit thread.