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Kortaggio
Wow the number of fake testimonials is unsettling--have you had to resolve inquiries from people you know in real life who found one of your imposter profiles?
ajanuary
It's always worth doing a reverse image search on testimonial photos.
underyx
Or putting legit testimonials on your site.
ajanuary
Sorry, I was unclear. I meant if you're looking a someone else's site, it's worth looking up the images as a proxy for legitimacy.
baby
copyright the photo -> sue them -> profit
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brianmcdonough
I'd like to see how your face would look on a replicant...
Buge
I'll admit, I've used pictures from google images as profile pictures a few times. Never for a serious account though, always for fake accounts usually for testing the site's security.
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myth_buster
Might be trivial, but how did he find these sites/reviews? Image search on Google?
mizzao
The 'Maria' on one of those screenshots also comes from the first page of "profile pictures" on Google.