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This is a link post Find out who's pinched your image
I just discovered TinEye. You can upload an image you created (or any other of course), or paste in a URL, and it brings back links to images that look suspiciously like yours.

If ever there was an app for B3ta, this is it.

Apologies for lack of mirth.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:31, Reply)
This is a normal post It's good
I've been using it since the first time it was posted.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Fair play.
mutters
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:36, Reply)
This is a normal post haha
I'm sure some people haven't seen it yet, and it is worth using if you think someone's stolen some work and posted it as their own.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:37, Reply)
This is a normal post How does that work then?
I shoved the pic of me in my profile looking like a prick, and it brought up the version I use on my website which is cut out with transparency. It looks nothing like the original pic.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:49, Reply)
This is a normal post I can only presume it works via pattern matching
and returns images that match above a certain threshold.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 13:39, Reply)
This is a normal post No, unfortunately.
"TinEye looks for the specific image you uploaded, not the content of the image. TinEye cannot identify people or objects in an image."
I think it just searches for the image name. If so, that's a bit lame.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:16, Reply)
This is a normal post haha, that would be a total cop out if it did
maybe it just means that it can't search for really small patterns, that would take ages for the system to compute, so instead it uses relatively large patterns which are too large for face detection.
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 14:29, Reply)
This is a normal post That can't be right cos I renamed my image
and added bits and all sorts. Someone who's not as lazy as me needs to test this out more
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 15:04, Reply)
This is a normal post Useful.
Now all I need to do is produce something worth nicking and I'm well away...
(, Wed 14 Jan 2009, 12:59, Reply)