GUIDE: How to check images on a smartphone

24/12/2022 By gifsauce 679 Views

This step-by-step guide explains how to do a reverse image search to check if the photo you saw on social media is the real thing. When a photo of President Jacob Zuma, who was supposed to be dancing up close with singer Babes Wodumo, appeared on social media in 2016, cheerful South Africans shared it widely. In fact, it was a photomontage of two different images. The result was a perfect example of how misinformation sounds like the truth. Sud, could have made many believe that it was true. With the growing awareness of "fake news", people are more cautious about sharing their actions out of reflex. But how can you quickly verify if what you see is true, especially when you're on your mobile phone? Fortunately, there are plenty of free websites and mobile apps out there. Here are three useful ones that can help you sort things out. TinEyeTinEye is a free reverse image search tool on steroids. "Reverse image search" is like a photo search engine. So you can find other places online where the same image, or a similar one, has been posted. TinEye finds the "most changed", "oldest", and "newest" iterations of a photograph. Using this, you would have quickly discovered that the Zuma and Babes Wodumo image was a Photoshop work. It is made up of two different images: one of Wodumo in concert and another of Zuma dancing during gala dinner in Ethiopia in 2012 with former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete.

How to search with TinEye:

Save or upload the photo you want to check. Usually you have to tap and hold the image on your screen until you see an option to save it. OR Copy the web address of the image you want to check. (This should be the URL of the actual photo, not the entire webpage.)
Go to http://www.tineye.com in your phone's browser.

Google reverse image search

The key things you look for when performing a reverse image search are when the image was first used and where and when the event that she represents happened. It also helps you check if the image is from a credible source. believed. The first warning was that the post came from fake news site MzansiLive. I was out of my office when I spotted it on Twitter. So I took a screenshot of the image and did a reverse image search on my phone. The photo turned out to be genuine, but it was taken after a motorist mowed down pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London.

How to use Google Reverse Image Search:

Save or upload the photo you want to check. You can also copy the web address of the image you want to verify. (This should be the URL of the actual photo, not the entire webpage.)
Go to https://images.google.com.
Go to the browser menu, scroll down and select "Request desktop site". In Google Chrome, the menu is found by tapping on the three dots at the top right of the screen. In iOS Safari, it's in the center at the bottom of the screen.
Tap the camera icon in the search bar.
You now have two options: paste the URL of the photo you want to check into the search bar. Alternatively, select the "upload an image" tab to upload the image from where you saved it to your phone.
Check the results to find out when and where the image has been used. If you go back a long way you should be able to find where it was first used, possibly the copyright owner of the image.

Tip : If you are using Google Chrome as your default mobile browser, long press on a photo you want to check and a drop-down menu will appear. Select "Search Google for this image" to run a reverse image search.

Fake Image Detector

Like Google reverse image search and TinEye, this tool is good for quick reverse image search. But it also has a useful feature that lets you check a photo or poster that you took a photo of.

How to search with Fake Image Detector:

Download and install the Fake Image Detector app from the Chrome or Firefox app stores;
Open the app and select one of the following two options:

Choose from Gallery: This navigates to where photos are stored on your phone so you can do a reverse image search;Choose from Recent Pictures: Select the photo you have taking a poster or a photo in a magazine or newspaper.Fake Image Detector also allows you to check the Exif data of the photo. This can include the date and time the photo was taken, the location and sometimes even the type of camera or phone that took it and the name of the owner. Tip: Unfortunately, Fake Image Detector is only available for Android devices. Try Veracity - Reverse Image Search, which is available for free in the Apple App Store, for iOS devices

Tips for verifying images: This guide to verifying photos from FirstDraftNews is aimed at journalists, but it contains plenty of practical advice. Ask yourself:1. When was the photo first used? (Is this earlier than the one you are checking?)2. What is the context in which it was used? (Old photos from Syria or Afghanistan sometimes appear during the conflicts in Gaza, for example.)3. What are people wearing? Do their clothes correspond to the style of the country where the photo would have been taken?4. What is the weather like in the photo? Deep snow in a photo taken at the height of northern summer suggests that the image is either old or from another location.5. Look for signs, storefronts, and billboards. Does the language match the supposed location of the photo?6. Look for inconsistent lighting in the photo. Do objects close to each other light up the same, or do some appear brighter or duller? If so, there's a good chance they were digitally added or manipulated. Look for distortions around people or objects. These are usually easy to spot and indicate when an image has been mishandled.8. There are often slight variations in light, color and shade in nature. If software was used to edit a photo, large areas may have the same color in areas where something was added or removed.9. Triple check before tweeting or posting.10. If it sounds too good to be true, like this woman who claims to have had a third breast implanted, it probably is.11. If someone posts something that is old or "wrong", tell them so, but be polite and avoid being a troll.12. Part of this is within you: you can be part of the "fake news" problem, or you can be part of the solution.

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