Guides
How to check who you are dealing with
Plain guides to verifying someone online, finding where your own photos have been used, and understanding what face search can and cannot tell you.
6 min read
Is the person you're talking to real? How to spot a catfish
Practical ways to verify who you are actually talking to on a dating app or social media, before it costs you.
5 min read
Where are my photos published online?
How to find where your own photos are being used without your permission, and how to get them taken down.
7 min read
How does face search work?
What facial recognition search engines actually do, what they can find, and where they fall down.
6 min read
Is there a free face search?
Which face search tools are genuinely free, which only look free, and when the free ones are enough.
7 min read
How to choose a face search service
The five things that actually matter when comparing face search services, and the warning signs worth walking away from.
6 min read
How to spot a fake Instagram account
Concrete ways to tell whether an Instagram account is real, and how to report one that is not.
6 min read
How to do a Google reverse image search
Step by step, on desktop and phone, how to find where a photo has been used online with Google Images and Lens — and where it stops working.
6 min read
How to use Yandex for face search
Why Yandex image search finds faces better than Google, how to use it, and what to know before you upload a photo.
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