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cldcguy 4 Reviews 1097 reads
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Another poster in the DC board suggested using the search engine 'tineye' to see if an image has been stolen.  Sure enough that image had (someone local was using a picture taken from a Russian model website.)

I installed the TinEye (http://www.tineye.com/) plug in and started playing with it.  The very first post at currently at the top of the NOVA BP (http://nova.backpage.com/FemaleEscorts/the-best-word-to-describe-me-is-stacked-21/3262191) is using an image of a professional model called "Bria Myles" (http://www.cutiecentral.com/bios/briamyles/index.html).  Going from her bio...

"Model Bria Myles was born in Los Angeles, California in May 1984. Bria is relatively new to the entertainment industry but she quickly made a big splash. Bria made her music video debut in the Kanye West/Rhymefest video 'Brand New'. She has also been in several other music videos such as Twista's 'Girl Tonight', Nelly Fertado's 'Promiscuous Girl' and more recently Chingy's 'Dem Jeans'"

... I'm pretty sure she's not advertising on NOVA BP :)

TinEye is AWESOME :)

-- Modified on 5/3/2010 7:55:06 AM

Related Link: http://www.tineye.com/

Claudius42310195 reads

coverage is still rather thin as of a couple of months ago but is improving.

i did a test where i asked it to find images that i knew could be found on a Google image search by entering the model's real name as a search parameter.

so when tineye fails to return a result, that is not a guarantee that the pics are _not_ stolen.

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anshar147 reads

its not all that great yet but this could pose a problem down the road for providers who put their real pics out there.  especially if they have a facebook page under their real name or something like that.

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cldcguy126 reads

In tests I found one such provider, linked to her real info and everything.  Providers, beware.  While I may look at that and go "wow, she looks real" and would more likely take a chance, other guys might use that information in a bad way.

That said, it's not so bad yet.  I typically google phone numbers.  Twice now I've hit MySpace pages where the number has been used on a profile, or a comment on one person's profile that links back to the provider's personal profile.  While it may be a good sign the provider is 'real', I'm sure they never intended for the world to be able to easily look up everything about them.

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