Open-source intelligence OSINT enthusiasts and practitioners on Twitter and Reddit are using reverse image search to verify the source and authenticity of viral photos as they may be used to spread disinformation. Propaganda campaigns are rampant during the Ukraine and Russian conflict. Photographers can use ‘search by image’ feature to know about other websites that are using their photographs without permission. Journalists can use the reverse search option to find the original source of an image or to know the approximate date when a picture was first published on the Internet. Upload a photograph from your desktop to Google Images and it will show you related images used on other websites and also different sizes of the same photo almost instantly. Google Reverse Image Search helps you quickly discover visually similar images from around the web. How to do Reverse Image Search on your Mobile Phone Next, click the “Show Matching Images” button and it will send your photo into Google’s image database and show visually similar photos. Just click the “Upload Image” button and choose an image from the photo gallery of your mobile phone. With Reverse Photos, you can perform reverse image searches on Android and iPhone in few easy steps. Thus, if a friend has sent you a forwarded image on WhatsApp or Facebook that you’d like to verify, you’ll have to first transfer the photograph to a desktop and then perform a reverse image search. Google’s search by image feature is currently available for desktops and not your iPad or mobile phone.

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