Image verification and backup tools

***See also:

• Course outline
• Practical exercises
• Image Verification Checklist
• Tools to search for geolocated photos & videos

Google Image (reverse image search): indexes most images found by Google, including very recent ones (a few hours) –  google.com/imghp

TinEye: good search engine for finding identical images. Not as efficient as Google for recent images but allows sorting results by dates –  tineye.com

Jeffrey’s Image Metadata Viewer: to process and display image metadata – regex.info/exif.cgi 

FotoForensics : to check whether an image was edited –  fotoforensics.com

GoogleMaps, Google Earth and StreetView: to double-check the alleged location of a photo.

Video tools for saving and offline viewing

 To save YouTube / DailyMotion videos for offline viewing :

• 4K Video Downloader: https://www.4kdownload.com/fr/
• Add ‘ss’ just before ‘youtube’ in the YouTube URL
  (ex: https://www.ssyoutube.com/watch?v=h9yQsVHYk94)
  or install the Firefox plugin from http://fr.savefrom.net/

For catch-up TV : http://captvty.fr

For Twitter videos :

• 1st method
• Click on « … » and « embed video» to find its URL.
• Copy & paste in https://savedeo.com/ or http://www.downloadtwittervideo.com/
• Right-click on « Download» and « Save as »
• 2ind method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo8vUedB9X8
• Click on date
• Add« mobile » in URL between ‘http://’ and ‘twitter’ + Enter
• Click to start viewing
• Right-click & ‘Save video’

For Facebook videos…

Video: How To Download Facebook Videos in HD Quality