Solving World War II Photo Mysteries With Open Source Techniques


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Solving World War II Photo Mysteries With Open Source TechniquesOpen source investigative techniques can be used to uncover all sorts of interesting information about disinformation narratives, potential war crimes or even conspiracy communities. A screen grab of the Google search page shows the image icon that enables users to search for an image. Google will perform a reverse image search on your picture using Google Lens, an image recognition technology it has developed. One of the results does show the background and a building where a dome can be seen as well, just like in the IBCC source image. The IBCC source image (left) appears bear a number of similarities to the Picton War Memorial detailed on Google Street View (right).