How to Trace Location with Reverse Image

trace location with reverse image


AreaHacking.com - Reverse Image is a technique for finding out similarities in photos on the internet, including location, fashion, buildings, and so on. Apart from that, with reverse image, we can find detailed information about the image we are looking for.  Several reverse image tools, such as Google Images, Bing Visual Search, Pimeyes, Yandex Search, and others.


Reverse image are often used to search for information on the internet. Even when capturing the flag, reverse image are a useful technique. It could be said that they are still included in OSINT, or open source intelligence. So How to trace location with reverse image?


Google Images

Open Google Images, then select the search by image feature, upload the image you want to search for, and then several sources will appear that have photos that are similar to the uploaded photo. From there, you can search for detailed information about photos of a building or location, or it could be a brand.

For example, I looked for a building that was in an episode or video of Mr. Beast.

example of reverse image result


Bing Visual Search

Just like Google, Bing as a search engine also has the same feature, namely searching using images. Open Bing Visual Search and upload the image you want to search for; several photo sources will appear that have similarities or even other information.

Example:

bing reverse image


Pimeyes

Pimeyes is a face search engine; by uploading someone's face, we can search for photos or faces of someone who is similar based on photos that have been spread on the internet. Pimeyes is more suitable for looking for our own digital traces, especially for those of us who really care about privacy.

Open Pimeyes and upload the photo you want to search for; then several photos that are similar will appear from many websites.

For example, I tried to find similarities in photos of the world famous hacker with the code name "Sabu" or with the real name "Hector Xavier Monsegur," known as a hacker and co-founder of the hacking group LulzSec, who is now an FBI informant.

example of pimeyes result


Conclusion

The three tools above have the same concept, namely reverse image. Depending on its use, it can be used for anything, not only to search for information, but we can also more easily find similar images. There are many tools that have similar functions; only the three tools above can be clear references about reverse images.

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