Sometimes you need to find duplicate photos. For example, a beautiful girl posted a photo on the Internet, but you are not sure that it is she in the picture. In this case, you may need to search the photo on the Internet. If the network is full of such photos, then it is clearly fake. Special services and programs have been created for this purpose. Let's look at some of them.
How to find duplicate photos on the Internet
So, you have a photo and you want to find all its duplicates on the Internet. Use services from Yandex or Google, or separate programs.
The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- Follow this link .
- In the search bar, click on the camera thumbnail.
- Provide a link to the desired photo or upload a photo from your PC.
- Click on the link "All sizes".
Now the sites where this image appears will be displayed.
Yandex
Yandex also has a service similar to the previous one:
Teeneye
Another service for searching by image is Tinay. Along with duplicate photos, he also finds their components. Tineye has its own, largest database of indexed images. It has everything, and this is not sarcasm. It's simple to use:
FindFace
In addition to online services, there is a special program for searching photos on the Internet. FindFace searches for people's pages on the VKontakte social network that have a similar photo. It works online, that is, it does not require installation on a computer:
To my surprise, she actually selected 30 pages with faces as close as possible to the original. However, FindFace only searches for people in Russia.
By the way, you can download the FindFace application for Android on Google Play and use it from your phone.
PhotoTracker Lite
To quickly search for similar images using services from Yandex, Google and Tinay, install the PhotoTracker Lite browser extension. It works with almost all modern browsers. You can find it in the Chrome extension store.
After installation, you need to right-click on any picture on the Internet and select “Find this image”.
Conclusion
Now you know how to find duplicate photos of people, objects and other objects on the Internet.
From time to time, users need to search by photo. Such situations most often occur when you need to find out the original source of a particular photograph.
For example, if a person has a frame from a film, but he does not know the title, then from this frame you can find out what kind of film it is. In this case, it is simply impossible to enter a query in words, since it is not clear what needs to be entered.
Besides, sometimes you want to know who took a photo. For such cases, there are very easy-to-use services. Let's look at the most popular ones and how to use them. Before doing this, it would be useful to understand how image search works in general.
Image search algorithm
Everything in this case is based on the fact that when any image is uploaded to the Internet, the process of adding certain attributes to this photo occurs. Any content manager or SEO optimization specialist will understand what the Alt, Title and Description attribute are.
So, any image that is located on the World Wide Web has all this. If these attributes are not specified by the person who uploaded the picture, they are generated automatically. Actually, they are used to search for images on the Internet.
Everything is taken into account - the title, the description, and in general all the information that is available for a given image. Now let's return to the description of search services.
Service No. 1. Google Images
Yes, the world's largest search engine, of course, also includes a service for searching information from photographs. The search scheme itself is exactly the same as in a regular search engine that searches using standard test queries.
As practice shows, Google works much better than other search engines in this regard. Actually, this is the reason for its enormous popularity.
Google's photo search service also performs very well - all possible links to the entered pictures and information about them are found.
To find some information about a photo in Google Images, you need to do the following:
Go to www.google.com/imghp. This is the address of Google's image search engine.
Enter the desired image into it.
You can do this in one of four ways:
Copy from another resource on the Internet or from an image viewer. This is done by right-clicking on the desired image, if this happens in a browser, and selecting “Copy...” or selecting the image, for example, in Paint and pressing the Ctrl + C key combination. Then all you have to do is press Ctrl+V on the search engine page.
No. 1. Copy Image button in browser
Select a file on your computer. To do this, click on the “Search by picture” button, go to the “Upload file” tab, click on the “Select file” button, in the window that opens, select where the desired picture is located and start the search.
No. 2. Search by uploaded photo in Google Images
Provide a link to the photo. To do this, right-click on the photo you like in your browser and select “Copy address...”. After this, you should go to Google Images, click on the “Search by image” button, click on the “Specify link” tab, enter the previously copied link in the appropriate field and click on the “Search by image” button.
No. 3. Search by image link in Google Images
Just drag the image file from a folder on your computer to any area of the Google Images website. This method is described on the service itself and is the main one for working with it. In addition, it is the simplest among all on this list.
3. Press the Enter button on the keyboard if the search has not yet started automatically.
As a result, the user will see the size of the image, information about whether there are the same pictures on the Internet, only of a different size, and links to sites where the same or similar photographs are available. The user will also see a query that most likely can be used to find this picture. In addition, in the “Similar Images” section, pictures that are similar in meaning will be shown. An example of search results can be seen in Figure 4.
No. 4. Example of search results in Google Images
The Yandex.Images address is yandex.ua/images/. The methods for entering a search image using an image using this service are exactly the same as Google, namely:
dragging a picture from a folder;
selecting a file by clicking the “Select file” button;
entering the image address on the Internet.
As soon as the user gets to the site, he will see a menu in front of him, indicated by number 1 in Figure No. 5. To access the three methods described above, on the main page of the site you need to click on the “Search by image” button (in Figure No. 5 it is highlighted with a green frame).
After this, a menu marked with the number 2 will appear. To use the first method, you just need to drag the desired file into the field highlighted with a red frame in the same figure. There is also the inscription “Select a file”, by clicking on which a standard selection dialog will appear, where you will need to specify the location of the desired image.
To enter an address, you need to copy it on another site (this is done, as before, by right-clicking on the picture and selecting “Save address...”) and enter it in the field shown in the blue frame.
No. 5. Methods for uploading an image to Yandex.Images
Yandex.Images has many advantages over a similar service from Google. So, you can search for a picture from your collection called “My Pictures”.
You can upload anything there. To do this, click on the button highlighted in Figure 6 with a green frame. You can also select search protection here. The fact is that in addition to the necessary materials, the search engine can often return materials of an erotic or violent nature.
It is better not to see all this for children and generally mentally healthy people. For such cases, there is a “Family Search” function, which can be selected by clicking on the protection button (highlighted in a blue frame). There you can also remove protection altogether or choose something in between – “Moderate search”.
No. 6. Yandex.Images page
Here, the screensaver always features a photo of the day, which may also be of interest to the average user. In addition, there are buttons below, by clicking on which you can find other pictures with a similar theme and download desktop wallpaper with this photo.
An example of image search results in this service is shown in Figure 7.
No. 7. Search result via Yandex.Images
Service No. 3. TinYe
This service is the most popular for photo searches among developers and system administrators. The reason for this is that it is best at finding similar pictures and information about the entered image.
After all, Google and Yandex specialize in searching by text phrases, and their algorithm for searching by photo is somewhat less developed. But TinYe was initially positioned as a search engine for photos.
The website of this service looks like this: tineye.com. Its interface is somewhat unusual, but the methods for loading the original image for search remain exactly the same.
So, to select a file to search, you need to click on the button highlighted in Figure 8 with a red frame. After this, all that remains is to again indicate where the image is located.
In the field shown in the same figure with a green frame, you can enter the address of the picture, copying it in advance, or drag the picture directly into it. After this, you just have to click on the search button in the form of a magnifying glass if it does not start automatically.
No. 8. TinYe photo search service page
In the search results, the user will be able to see the number of sites that have an exact match of this image. Below you will see how many pictures were checked and how long this process took.
After this, the sites themselves with the desired image, as well as links to them, will be shown. An example of search results can be seen in Figure 9.
No. 9. Search results on tineye.com
Below you can clearly see how a photo search occurs using a service from Google.
But knowing how it was created, where, when and who did it is sometimes more important. Any document (not only a photo) created using a mobile device or computer contains some hidden information.
Very often, when uploading photos to social networks (Instagram, Vkontakte, Facebook, Twitter, Odnoklassniki, etc.), people do not understand that they are giving the social network they are using. networks: camera type, phone model, name, location and other data about yourself and your device. The article will be of interest to you if you want to know where the photo was taken and if you don’t yet know what metadata is, how it works, how to view, change and delete it.
What is photo metadata?
Let's consider the concept " metadata"using a very simple and everyday example. Digital photography (what we see and analyze from the outside) is a kind of cake that a loving mother baked and put on the table - we see it, but we don’t know what’s inside. Metadata - information about how and where the photo was taken, the name of the city or attraction, time, date, device, i.e. in other words - a cross-section of the pie, when we can already tell about the structure, color, what ingredients are inside, in what form, quantity, volume, what taste it has, etc.
Digital Photo Metadata- invisible information about properties and characteristics, created automatically, using a camera or mobile device. In essence, it resembles and, if necessary, changes using a graphic editor or other specialized software. If earlier, in order to determine the location of the shooting and who is depicted on it, people signed photographs on the back side, now there is no need for this, simply because a digital photograph is signed automatically.
Types of Digital Photography Metadata
Any file type (sound, text, image, video) has its own metadata standard. For digital photographs, they mainly use:
- EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format) - technical information about the details of the shooting taken by the camera;
- IPTC (International Press Telecommunications Council) - photo description and copyright information;
- XMP (eXtensible Metadata Platform) is a standard developed by Adobe that allows you to include any information;
- file properties - parameters are stored and are an integral part of the photo.
Most wide use among metadata has EXIF standard, which is an integral part of digital images and contains a complete description of camera settings, namely:
- software (camera) name and version;
- date and time of shooting;
- data on the digital environment;
- diaphragm;
- geographic coordinates of the location;
- focal length;
- exposure mode;
- white balance;
- brightness value;
- ISO value;
- endurance;
- compression scheme;
- camera orientation (vertical or horizontal);
- matrix size;
- information about the author;
- and much more.
Any parameter listed and not included in this list has a specific category and format. Metadata Key Factor- a clearly organized structure that allows data to be read by both people and technology. This distinction allows you to work with a huge amount of information in a short period of time, and use the resulting metadata to collect, store, search, process and combine automatically.
A good example is, for example, the Google Images and Yandex.Images service. It is enough to add any photo and the search, thanks to metadata, will show identical or similar images by objects, structure, content, color design, etc.
Scope of metadata
In the right hands, metadata can be like a “lifebuoy”, otherwise it can be like “a stone tied to your feet and pulling you to the bottom.” If you have the knowledge and skills, digital photo metadata, files and documents - an incredibly powerful tool. They find their use among intruders, hackers, law enforcement agencies and security specialists. To learn about the dangers of hiding file data and what uses they can be found in, watch the video on YouTube from the blogger “ overbafer1»:
One example where metadata became a fatal mistake for a person is the story of John McAfee, founder and developer of the antivirus software of the same name - McAfee.
At a certain period of time, he was on the run, hiding from the government on charges of murder, despite this, he had many fans and imitators. Thus, journalists from Vice had the honor of spending several days with the fugitive in a secret hideout, after which they published an article about this adventure containing a photograph from an iPhone.
The problem is that they didn't take into account the fact that the iPhone, like many other modern devices, embeds geolocation data into every photo. As soon as they realized this fact (or, most likely, someone told them), the photo was deleted and replaced with a new one without displaying geographical coordinates in EXIF, but it was too late.
Soon after identification, McAfee was detained in Guatemala on charges of illegal border crossing. Thus, do not underestimate metadata, because with its help you can find both a person and a device that is stolen or lost.
“We started using technology blindly, without understanding the risks. And the risk is a complete loss of confidentiality!”- John McAfee said in an interview.
How can I view metadata and find out where a photo was taken?
You can see and analyze hidden data using file properties, image viewing software, graphic editors and special online services. As an example, take this photo:
Find out the GPS coordinates and metadata of a photo through properties
File properties- a function that allows you to see the technical information of a photo: name, type, creation date, size, attributes, etc. These parameters are part of the image and almost any changes in this metadata section are available only when the file is modified.
Viewing properties is the most accessible way of obtaining metadata, since it can be implemented, if not on any, then on almost all modern operating systems. For example, let's look at how to do this on Windows 10. There are currently two options available and the first one is:
- Upload or download the photo to your computer.
- Right-click and go to Properties:
- In the window that opens, go to the “Details” tab:
In addition to technical metadata, this window also contains a number of other sections:
- description (description does not need description, because the name speaks for itself);
- source (IPTC);
- image (image dimensions and colors);
- camera (EXIF);
- enhanced photo (additional EXIF options);
- GPS (geographic coordinates of the photograph);
- file (technical data).
In the GPS section (not displayed on all photos) you can see the coordinates. By uploading them to Google or Yandex maps you can find out where the photo was taken:
The second option for viewing geographic coordinates, just as simple and even more accessible, because the map is loaded immediately and there is no need to perform additional actions (on Windows 10; on others, perhaps, everything is not so rosy):
- Download or upload the photo to your computer.
- Open the image in full screen mode (for example, by double-clicking with the left mouse button). In the top menu, find settings and go to the “File info” section:
- Now, in addition to the photo, a mixture of metadata, both technical and EXIF, is displayed:
- At the bottom of this window you can see the “Location” section, where the city in which the photo was taken is indicated and a map thumbnail is displayed indicating the coordinate point. If you click on the “Open map” link under the thumbnail, the map will open in full screen mode and you can view the shooting location in more detail:
The identification accuracy is extremely high. The error is about 5-15 meters.
View photo metadata online
There are many ways to monitor on the Internet and, without a doubt, there are online resources that allow you to determine the metadata of a photo and discover its geodata. There are too many of them and each of them is different and stands out in some way. In this article we will look at the most popular and effective ones.
The simplest in functionality and probably the most popular resource for searching metadata. According to the author, photographs and data viewed using this service are not shared with anyone, nor are they stored beyond the time period necessary for the operation of the service. Supports a very large number of photo formats. To use the search, go to the official website Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer from the link above:
Upload an image from your computer or provide a link. Verify that you are not a robot and click the “View Image Data” button. After a few seconds, the photo will be uploaded and a window with basic information will appear:
In this window, in addition to various parameters and characteristics, there are coordinates and links to online maps from Google, Yahoo, WikiMapia, OpenStreetMap, Bing, which makes it easy to find out and see the shooting location. If you scroll down the page, you will see complete information about the photo in the EXIF, File and Composite section.
Forgot where you took a photo using your mobile device or camera? Maybe you just want to know where the photo was taken? Pic2Map analyzes the EXIF metadata embedded in the image to find GPS coordinates and location (if present) and, as a result, displays the photo on a map with a full description of the camera's features and parameters.
The service works very simply - go to the main page of the site using the link above, click the “Select photo files” button. If you do not want the uploaded photo to be publicly available, check the box next to “Keep photos private”:
After the service processes the EXIF data of the photo, you will see a mark on the map with the location and brief information:
A little lower, on the same page, there is a text description of the settings and parameters of the image:
From the description it follows that:
- Photo taken using Meizu M6 Note camera with f/1.9 aperture, 1/158 sec. shutter speed and ISO 101. The flash did not fire, forced flash mode. The original image file has a resolution of 1000 x 750 pixels, or in other words - 0.8 megapixels. The image has a resolution of 72 DPI and takes up 0.10 megabytes of disk space.
- According to the image's metadata, the photo was taken on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Local time was 19:14:18. The time zone is Europe/Zaporozhye, which is GMT +03:00. Please note that the time zone was guessed using GPS coordinates and may not be accurate. The EXIF timestamp may also be different if the date and time on your digital camera are not set correctly.
- The Meizu M6 Note camera has a built-in GPS receiver and allows you to geotag image files. The coordinates and location of the shooting are stored in EXIF metadata. According to the analysis of GPS data, the image was taken at a point with coordinates 49 58 "57.81" north latitude, 36 12 "58.49" east longitude. The camera was pointing east at 83.00 degrees. Using reverse geocoding, the address associated with the coordinates is determined to be Goncharovsky Bridge, Koneva Street, Novo-Bovarsky District, Kharkov City, Kharkov Region, 61004, Ukraine. Depending on the GPS receiver and reception conditions, accuracy may vary and the address should not be considered an exact location.
In addition to the text description, the service displays information by category in a structured format:
Including, the site contains public albums created by users. They contain pictures of various types with a position marked on the map.
A service that allows you to find out EXIF, IPTC, XMP and other JPEG photo information online. This online tool analyzes a JPEG photo for metadata and displays information such as: photo resolution, brand and model of equipment, DPI size, shutter speed, aperture, ISO value, date and time of shooting, flash used or not, type and focal length lens, including the one used when shooting, the presence of digital zoom, white balance, camera mileage (number of lens shutter times), serial number of the camera and lens separately, GPS coordinates and much more.
In order to perform the analysis, go to the official website of the resource using the link above and upload a photo:
After a few seconds, you will receive the processing result, which contains technical, EXIF and calculated metadata:
Programs for viewing photo metadata
On the Internet, in addition to online services for viewing metadata, there are many desktop software for various platforms. To a large extent, they all look like regular image viewing programs, but they only include additional functionality for viewing “invisible” information.
Wikipedia already contains a full comparison of metadata viewing programs with a detailed description of the platforms, supported standards and data formats. In this article, for example, let’s take one program from the list presented, namely a program for viewing, editing and creating metadata:
It is shareware, i.e. the main functionality is free, but additional content is available to expand the capabilities. In the free version, the user has the opportunity to:
- viewing EXIF, GPS, IPTC and XMP data;
- editing, creating EXIF, GPS, IPTC and XMP data;
- editing some Makernote tags;
- export EXIF and IPTC to XML format;
- import EXIF and IPTC from XML format;
- export EXIF and IPTC to MS Excel format;
- import EXIF and IPTC from MS Excel format;
- viewing descriptions of data fields;
- export EXIF and IPTC to text file (CSV format);
- import EXIF and IPTC from a text file (CSV format);
- export/import EXIF and IPTC to/from XMP.
Additional features in the paid version:
- processing multiple photos;
- import and export metadata into one file or several separate files;
- Command line for editing and creating metadata.
The program interface is easy to use. You need to find a photo for analysis and its characteristics will appear in the menu on the right: thumbnail, technical metadata and EXIF, where you can find out the coordinates and use them to determine the shooting location:
How do I edit or remove photo metadata?
Hidden photo data can be easily changed using the built-in functions of the operating system and specialized software. The possibility of replacement is misleading and does not allow one to rely on metadata as a reliable source of information.
The simplest and most accessible way to change or delete“invisible” photo data - use the functions of the operating system (in the example, this is Windows 10):
- Upload or download a photo.
- Open “Properties” and go to the “Details” tab. Here, if not every field, then many of them are editable. To do this, just hover your mouse over the field with the parameter or click on it:
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- At the bottom of the window there is a link “Deleting properties and personal information”, when you click it you will see:
Here you need to choose the most suitable option:
- Create a copy, removing all possible properties;
- Delete the following properties for this file (by selecting this item, you will need to select which characteristics will be deleted).
Change metadata You can also use online tools, of which there are countless on the Internet. One of these services is the IMGonline editor, you just need to upload a photo and click the “Edit” button:
After the photo is processed, a window opens which contains many fields available for editing, namely:
- EXIF information that can be changed, removed or added;
- IPTC information that can be changed, deleted or added;
- XMP information that can be changed, deleted or added;
- Application Record;
- IPTC NewsPhoto;
- XMP xmp;
- XMP Iptc4xmpCore;
- XMP iptcExt;
- XMP Photoshop:
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According to comments from the author, in order to erase some EXIF string from a JPEG image, for example, geographic coordinates, you must leave this field empty. Lines without content are not added to the JPEG file or are removed if there was any information before. Remove EXIF completely and other “invisible” data from the image is possible using another online service from IMGonline:
The principle of its operation is as simple as in the previous case - upload a photo and the output is a pristine image, which contains a small amount of technical metadata, without any identifying marks or characteristics.
And last way to edit and remove metadata- use a specialized program. Most often they come with full functionality, i.e. they provide the opportunity to both view metadata and make changes.
For example, we will use the same software as for viewing -. When you double click on the image, a window opens with a full set of metadata available for editing:
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As you can see, the range of settings and possibilities is quite extensive for experimentation.
What to do if you couldn’t determine the metadata and find where the photo was taken?
“Invisible” information in photographs is a great way to get the information you need about a person or object, but here, as they say, “a double-edged sword,” since this information can be used by both you and attackers.
The collected data: geolocation, date and time, technical parameters and other characteristics can be used to attack a person or company, for example, using .
Main problem and benefit of metadata in the modern world - practically any editor or social network in which users share their photos, take care of security and erase metadata (replace them with neutral ones), which does not allow one to clearly identify where the photo was taken, with what device, etc. d.
At one time, Kaspersky Lab found out what interesting things could be learned from the metadata of photos on the Internet. From the results obtained, if we consider the most popular resources, then when published in:
These results were achieved for the period of 2016. 3 years have passed and a lot has changed. A repeated experiment was not carried out and is presented here only to show that, unfortunately, or, fortunately, not every photo, especially from social networks, will contain metadata with the author, date and place of shooting.
That's why answer to question: “What to do if you couldn’t find where the photo was taken?” - experiment. Having a photo available, you can find the person’s contact information, for example, phone number. Subsequently, and produce. In instant messaging, define a nickname. Do - get a number of other sources that the person uses, etc.
The Internet opens up a lot of possibilities for searching for information about photographs, people and objects. Metadata- is just one of the tools to achieve this goal and can serve as both an end point and a starting point. You can get metadata, but how to use it and for what purpose is up to you.
Knowing where a photo was taken is great for a personal archive, but before you publish it on the Internet, make sure to hide its metadata or at least GPS coordinates.
If you take a photo using a smartphone, go to the settings and remove the binding of geographic coordinates to the photo:
If your photos were taken with a camera, use any of the methods described above to change the metadata or delete them before publication.
You can find, if not everything, then almost everything on the Internet. Keep in mind that it's not just photos that contain metadata. There is some hidden information behind every digital file, so be mindful when publishing anything online and don’t forget about your own safety.
Any modern digital camera records additional information about the image in the photo file - EXIF data: the model of the camera that took the photo, shutter speed, aperture, focal length, ISO sensitivity, time and date of shooting, etc.
When you upload a photo to Yandex.Photos, this information is saved. To open it, on the photo viewing page, click the More icon and select Show EXIF.
Why don't some photos have EXIF?
If a photo is taken with a film camera and then scanned, it cannot have EXIF data because it is assigned to the photo when the file is created by a digital camera.
Graphic editors (for example, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom), with certain file saving settings, can delete EXIF data.
Also, some mobile phones do not leave EXIF data.
How can I find out the model of the camera that took the photo and see other photos taken with this camera?
On the photo viewing page, tap the More icon.
Select Show EXIF.
You will be taken to a page with photographs of other authors whose works were taken by this camera model and posted on Yandex.Photos.
How to find out where a photo was taken?
Each photo on Yandex.Photos can be linked to a map. If the photo is already linked to a map, to find out its location, click the On map link, which is located on the photo viewing page.
If the photo is not linked to the map, but you know where it was taken, you can offer the author of the photo your option for placement on the map. To do this, click the link Link to map under the photo.
You will be taken to a map page where you can enter the location of the photo. If the author agrees with your proposal, you will receive a message by mail.
Thanks to the availability of special web services and applications, you can easily find a person by photo.
Most modern programs and websites use artificial intelligence technology.
It allows you to increase the accuracy of facial recognition in a photo as the number of program users increases.
It should be understood that no search engine can give a 100% guarantee of finding an image. Often errors occur when reading pixels, or the browser searches for photos that are similar in meaning and color palette.
Below are some of the most effective ways. If one of them does not help you, feel free to move on to the other.
Ultimately, one of the methods will turn out to be the most suitable for your picture and the person will be found. We also recommend that you carry it out using several photographs at once, if you have them.
ServiceGoogle
The first and easiest way to search by image is the well-known Google. The developers of the popular system have introduced a function for working with user images.
Now you can not only enter a query, but also insert individual images into the text field. The search engine carries out analysis for all sites and social networks that are indexed in the system.
Let's look at a simple example of how to use the function:
- Let's go to the website. This page differs from the standard one by the presence of an additional button for adding;
- To get started, click on the camera icon. A window for selecting the type of photo upload will appear. The user can provide a direct link to an image already posted on the Internet or download graphics from the computer’s memory;
- Click on the “Search by image” button.
The result of processing your request in Google will look like this:
It will automatically indicate the person's name or subject. Also, the user will be able to view similar images. Another element of search results are pages that mention the person found.
Often, the result only shows similar images without providing a name. This means that there are too many similar pictures on the Internet and the system cannot find a 100% exact match. Try scrolling down to the "Pages with matching images" box. This way you can view a list of links that contain what you are looking for.
With it you can search not only for people, but also for various objects. As practice shows, a search engine can be very useful when you need to find out the name of an unknown item or find things you like.
Yandex
Photo search from Yandex is another popular service that searches for graphic content across all sites. At first glance, it is practically no different from Google, except for the interface and design. However, Yandex developers claim that their system uses a modified algorithm using computer vision.
This way, by using both systems, you can have a better chance of finding the one you're looking for. To start the analysis, go to the main site. Find the text line and next to it click on the “Pictures” tab to go to the corresponding section:
- In the tab that opens, click on the camera icon;
- Now in the tab that opens, click on the button to load a photo from the PC memory or provide a direct link to the picture on the Internet. Click on “Find”;
The result will be a set of the most similar images with which you can find a person. Also, you can select different picture sizes and continue the analysis with a better quality photo. Be sure to look at the list of mentions on other sites to increase your chances of discovering the person.
Analysis by photo inVK
In addition to standard systems, there are a lot of services for monitoring by photo only in specific social networks. Since 95% of Runet users have a profile on VKontakte, it is better to search for it using special resources that work only with this social network. This way, you will reduce the analysis time and the number of similar pictures.
To start monitoring photos on VK, you need to install an extension for the Chrome browser. The app is called "StopFake". Go to the software store and enter the name of the extension. Then click on the install key and wait for the button to appear in the upper right corner.
Although the program is designed to quickly identify fake accounts, it can also be used to find people. You will need to upload a photo to your album on VKontakte, since this can only be done using the one that is in the site’s database.
- Open the photo in your album in VK. The album can be private, the main thing is that it is on the website;
- After opening the image, press the key to launch the StopFake extension. It is located in the upper right corner of the browser toolbar. To eliminate possible errors in the operation of the utility, we recommend restarting the browser immediately after installing the extension;
- It will automatically identify them on the social network that contains the photo you are looking for. Thanks to the author's signature, you can easily find the person you need. Click on the author's name to go to it.
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