Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces

Ars Technica
By lily Hay Newman, Matt BurgessAug 20, 2026, 9:29 am51 ptsTrending
When someone uploads a photo to the people-search tool ClarityCheck, the website has a clear message: “Your reverse image search is private and secure.” New research, though, shows that the website left more than 9 million image files, including photographs of people’s faces, publicly exposed. And a…

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