Today,
I learned that there is a really cool tool on Google called Google
Images. It allows you to search for the origins of an image using its
URL. This handy little feature is a real treat to use, especially if
you chance upon a picture on a website and don't know where it came
from. Another really interesting use for Google Images is to get
higher resolution versions of the images you already have. This is
possible because most images found on the internet were originally
uploaded their original raw form, and then compressed and shrunk down
to fit in the bandwidth limits of other websites.
One
really creepy experience I had with Google Images was when I randomly
searched one of my pictures for fun one day. There was one result
that got back from a blog I didn't recognize. It turned out to belong
to an ex-army mate of mine that held a grudge against me and had
gotten ahold of my picture. He posted a huge rant about some asinine
incident where he took offense. It really, really weirded me out. I
confronted him about it and he took the post down. Still, it's really
creepy what people can do with your pictures online.
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