would a reverse image search work if the only other place that image exists is on somebody's private social media account?
from LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 25 Dec 2023 17:39
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech on 25 Dec 2023 17:51 next collapse

Depends on if the reverse image service can crawl the private social media account. So, if by private you mean is not accessible and never has been accessible - then probably not. But as they say on the internet, if it’s on the internet assume it’s public and anyone can see it.

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 26 Dec 2023 03:36 next collapse

No way of telling unless you try it

I’ve done searches on images I found on facebook or twitter just to see if I could connect to something … it seems to work some times. Many people still leave their social media accounts wide open … some accounts are left open to fish people into their content … others are left open because people don’t know any better. However, this was true a few years ago and less and less so now as more and more social media accounts become locked down … not so much for security reasons but to keep the content contained to that social media system.

lazynooblet@lazysoci.al on 25 Dec 2023 17:51 collapse

No. As the image indexer wouldn’t of had chance to index it.