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# Reverse Image searching

## Overview

**Reverse image searching** has to do with finding other images of a person based off of one image.

An example of this is **MTV Catfish** where someone pretends to be someone else online. What they do in the show is reverse image search the persons profile picture to find it's source and other pictures of the same person

## Google Image Search

Drag and drop image into **Google Image Search** and click on **Find Image Source**. This will s for the exact image.

{% hint style="info" %}
Changing the focus/size of the image within the search works very well for buildings
{% endhint %}

## Yandex

Relates to Russia more than anything else but is useful in finding pictures of similar looking people and can even search for specific parts of the image as well