想象一下(Imagine)，您正在网上查看一张照片(photo online)。这可以是社交媒体照片或在线约会照片(dating photo)。或者也许是新闻报道(news story)中的照片？看着它，有些东西并没有完全加起来，你很怀疑。如何检查图像是否真实？
许多在线诈骗艺术家和身份窃贼窃取人们的照片并将其伪装成自己。因此，您在Tinder(Tinder)上欣赏的金发美女实际上可能是圣彼得堡(St Petersburg)的一个大胖俄罗斯人，希望得到您的银行账户(bank account)详细信息。在这个时代(day and age)，安全是值得的，并且有一些在线服务可以帮助您。
谷歌(Google)并不是唯一提供反向图像搜索的(image search)主流搜索引擎(mainstream search engine)。Bing 和 Yandex(Bing and Yandex)都提供它。但显然，每个人的第一站都将是大 G。
假设您在Tinder上四处滑动，遇到了这位相当潇洒的绅士。
他声称他的名字是路易吉(Luigi)，是一位亿万富翁意大利企业家。但是等等，他看起来是不是很眼熟？你没在电影里见过他吗？或者也许他是当地的披萨送货员(pizza delivery guy)？
谷歌图片(Google Images)有一个功能，你可以上传照片，看看你是否得到任何点击。转到Google 图片(Google Images)，然后单击相机图标。
然后，您将获得两个选项——如果照片在线，则粘贴照片的直接URL 。或者，如果它在您的计算机或移动设备上，您可以直接将其上传到Google。
我点击“上传图片”，在Windows 资源管理器(Windows Explorer)中导航到照片，然后它开始上传。
谷歌(Google)立即将“意大利亿万富翁路易吉”认定为某种名为“休·杰克曼”的卑鄙骗子(lowlife fraud)，他是某种“演员”。唷(Whew)，那里近身！我们都知道这些演员类型是什么样的。
TinEye也是另一个反向图像搜索引擎(reverse image search engine)，在完成工作方面享有盛誉。他们还会以一定的价格扫描您提供给他们的图像，并在这些图像突然出现在其他地方时向您发送电子邮件警报。
然而，与TinEye的一大区别在于，它们不太擅长处理人脸，即使这些人在Google 搜索(Google search)结果中排名靠前，比如演员休。(Hugh)相反，TinEye更侧重于更一般的图像，如艺术品、专有图像（如摄影和设计(photography and designs)）之类的东西。如果您是一位希望保护您的作品免受在线剽窃的艺术家，这可能是您的最佳解决方案。
假设有人向我出售了这幅“独特的刚刚画的”画作(” painting)，但我偷偷怀疑(sneaking suspicion)它不是刚刚画出来的，而且可能已经存在了一段时间。
TinEye能用这个做多好？让我们来了解一下。
TinEye立即带回了超过 13,000 个结果，将其标识为“美国哥特式” 。(TinEye)一个快速的网络搜索(web search)显示它是格兰特伍德(Grant Wood)的，它挂在芝加哥艺术(Chicago)学院(Art Institute)。因此，那里避免了另一个亲密的电话。(close call)
结束的想法(Closing Thoughts)
反向图像(Reverse image)搜索并不完美。有很多变量可以改变图片，例如头发颜色(hair color)的变化，增加或减少眼镜或面部毛发，改变图片质量(picture quality)的色调等等。网上有我的照片，但是反向图片搜索没有(image search didn)找到很多。
警察(Police)、律师和私家侦探将有更好的反向图像搜索(reverse image search)工具可供他们使用。但是对于普通的Joe Public来说，我们必须利用我们所拥有的，但这只会随着时间的推移而改善。
What Reverse Image Search Is & How To Use It
Imagine for a mоment that yоu are looking at a photo online. This could be a social media photo or an online dating photo. Or perhaps a photo from a news story? Looking at it, somethіng doesn’t quite add up and уou are suspicious. How do you check to see if the image is real?
Lots of online scam artists and identity thieves steal peoples photos and pass them off as themselves. So that good looking blonde woman you’re admiring on Tinder could actually be a big fat Russian guy in St Petersburg, hoping to get your bank account details. In this day and age, it pays to be safe, and there are a few online services to help you with it.
Google is not the only mainstream search engine to offer reverse image search. Bing and Yandex both offer it too. But obviously, everybody’s first stop is going to be with the big G.
Let’s say you were swiping around on Tinder and you came across this rather dashing gentleman.
He claims his name is Luigi and is a billionaire Italian entrepreneur. But wait, doesn’t he look familiar? Didn’t you see him in a movie once? Or maybe he is the local pizza delivery guy?
Google Images has a feature where you can upload photos and see if you get any hits. Go to Google Images and click on the camera icon.
You then get two options – paste in the direct URL to the photo if it is online. Or if it is on your computer or mobile device, you can upload it directly to Google.
I clicked “Upload an image”, navigated to the photo in Windows Explorer, and it started uploading.
Right away, Google has identified “Luigi the billionaire Italian entrepreneur” as some lowlife fraud called “Hugh Jackman”, who is some kind of “actor”. Whew, close escape there! We all know what these actor types are like.
TinEye is also another reverse image search engine and has a good reputation for getting the job done. For a price, they also scan images you give them and send you email alerts if those images appear online suddenly somewhere else.
However, one big difference with TinEye is that they are not very good with peoples faces, even if those people are high up in Google search results, like Hugh the actor. Instead, TinEye focuses more on more general images such as artwork, proprietary images such as photography and designs, that kind of thing. If you are an artist looking to protect your work from online plagiarists, this may be your best solution.
Let’s say someone offered me this “unique just-painted” painting for sale but I have a sneaking suspicion it has not just been painted and might have been around for a while.
How well can TinEye do with this one? Let’s find out.
Right away, TinEye brings back over 13,000 results identifying it as “American Gothic”. A quick web search says it is by Grant Wood, and it is hanging in the Art Institute of Chicago. So another close call averted there.
Closing Thoughts
Reverse image search is not perfect. There are so many variables which can change a picture such as change of hair color, adding or subtracting glasses or facial hair, changing the tone of the picture quality, and so on. There are pictures of me online but reverse image search didn’t find a lot of them.
Police, lawyers, and private investigators will have better reverse image search tools available to them. But for ordinary Joe Public, we have to make do with what we have but this is something that is only going to improve with time.
