{"id":263511,"date":"2026-08-20T13:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:29:54","slug":"reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people\u2019s faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>When someone uploads\u00a0a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: \u201cYour reverse image search is private and secure.\u201d New\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressvpn.com\/blog\/clarity-check-data-exposed\/\">research<\/a>, though, shows that the website left more than 9 million image files, including photographs of people\u2019s faces, publicly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/tag\/data-breaches\/\">exposed<\/a>. And a second misconfiguration publicly exposed people\u2019s email addresses and phone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, according to findings from independent security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, the exposed ClarityCheck database contained roughly 450 GB of images, including what appeared to be profile images, screenshots, and other photographs of adults, teenagers, and children. All of the images were stored in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, with files in folders named \u201cfaces\u201d and \u201cprofiles,\u201d which could be accessed by anyone online through a URL included in the company\u2019s publicly available website code.<\/p>\n<p>ClarityCheck is one of a number of so-called people-finder tools that have appeared online in recent years. These websites broadly claim to be able to search the web, public records, and other databases to identify individuals. ClarityCheck\u2019s website says it can run searches on phone numbers, email addresses, vehicle identification numbers, and names. Its photo-search page says it can help \u201cidentify anyone in a photo\u201d and find social media profiles \u201cin seconds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/08\/reverse-lookup-service-exposed-millions-of-photos-of-peoples-faces\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When someone uploads\u00a0a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: \u201cYour reverse image search is private and secure.\u201d New\u00a0research, though, shows that the website left more than 9 million image files, including photographs of people\u2019s faces, publicly\u00a0exposed. And a second misconfiguration publicly exposed people\u2019s email addresses and phone numbers. 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