You say: #OSINT, Internet, Big Data. Do you know how it all works under the hood? Honestly, very few people know. And the topic is very interesting. After all, only by understanding the full depth of the subject, from the basics to the highest level, can you become a true master of OSINT kung fu . With this post, I begin a large series about the Internet. How it works, what computer networks are and how it works in general. Today we will start with the very basics. The Internet before the Internet. How the idea itself was created, probably the most important infrastructure of our time.
It all started at the end of the 19th century. One smart Belgian, you wonβt believe it, lawyer Paul Otlet became disillusioned with his profession and took up librarianship (didnβt you know that a library is the grandmother of the Internet?). In 1892, this character began to criticize books in his essays! Books, Karl! For the fact that the factual information in them is not as it should be, but as the authorβs left heel decided. Then he came up with the idea of ββa card β a fragment of information that allows you to link the information in a document with other data. In 1895, he founded the International Institute of Bibliography, which later mutated into the International Federation of Information and Documentation. And then something incredible happened.
Otlet created the world's first public search engine! It all started with his book "Monde". In it, he developed the concept of "Mundaneum" - a hypernet of knowledge. It was a centralized database containing cards with information, connected by links. His idea was to link documents and concepts in such a way that a person could easily move from one idea to another. The state threw him some money, gave him a building and staff as a starting point. And he created it! He created a huge catalog, "City of Knowledge", about literally everything in the world. And he began to accept requests for information searches via telegraph. This is a prototype of Google, powered by human horses .
But nothing lasts forever under the moon. By 1934, the Belgian government had lost interest in the project, the building was being turned back, so applications had to be stopped. And then the Fritzes came to Belgium and everything got really bad. They didn't appreciate the search system and completely nullified everything that the Belgian government had already screwed up. Paul Otlet went broke and died in 1944. But, fortunately, he was not forgotten. In 1993, the Mundaneum museum was created in the city of Mons. They collected everything that was left, supplemented it with clippings and photographs, and put it on public display.
That's how it is. The Internet on Earth began sadly, sadly. But in a few decades it will provide everyone with access to information. Paul Otlet would probably be happy that his idea changed the world forever and so radically!
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