Finding a person on the Internet with only one photo is not a problem today, especially if he is active on a social network.
With the help of a photo, at a minimum, you can find out the person’s first and last name. This data can be used to then find information in open databases.
Searching by photo is not an easy task from a technical point of view, so there are not many services on the Internet that do this.
1. Google Images
1. Open Google home page
2. Tap the camera icon and select the photo you want.
Google Images is a free service for searching images and photos on the Internet.
All you have to do is upload one photo, and Google will try to find a match across the entire Internet, including social networks.
2. Yandex Pictures
1. Open the Yandex Images website
2. Click on the camera icon in the search bar and select the desired photo.
Yandex Images work exactly the same as Google Images.
But results in services may improve, especially if search on Russian-language sites is a priority. In this case, Yandex may be better than Google.
3. Search4Faces
1. Open the Search4Faces website
2. Click the button Search
3. Choose which service to search for images in
4. Click the button Downloadand then Find
Search4Faces can find a person’s profile on VKontakte, Odnoklassniki, TikTok and Clubhouse. The service uses its own databases and image analysis systems.
According to Search4Faces itself, the site best searches for images based on VKontakte. There is the highest percentage of matches – 68.79%.
Another benefit of Search4Faces is that it can detect matches even if the photos are more than 10 years apart.
Search by photo doesn’t always work
All services for searching photos, and indeed any images, look for just such photos. The exception is Search4Faces, which actually matches faces.
A person cannot be found if he does not provide network connections or practically does not post photographs.
Search problems may arise due to the low resolution of the original image. Also, the services will not be able to find a person if, for example, a photo from a computer monitor is used for the search.
Source: Iphones RU
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