I strongly suspect a relative of mine created a Facebook page using someone else’s photos. In other words, I suspect he perused a bunch of FB sites and found someone he wanted to “become”. He then copied a bunch of her photos onto his hard drive, created a new FB account using a fictitious female name, and uploaded the photos to his FB page.
Is there a way for me to find out the original owner of these photos?
Other than using Google image search or TinEye, which search the whole web, I don’t think so.
Is there any reason you think it’s really your relative, and not someone who hacked his account? I had my unused Yahoo! Mail account hacked in exactly that manner–photos of some hot girl were added, and all my details were changed to say I was her. I was thus used as a spam bot.
Even if not, you can report a user’s profile as “impersonating someone” or “not a real person.” Look for a “Report this profile” link on the person’s page.
Dig in to it. I almost hate to put a post like this in GQ, I think I remember a scary article recently in Forbes about the government using facial recognition programs to look for criminals on Facebook. I forget the details.
Google image search will do what you want. Here’s how to do it with an existing image vs text
If you have an android phone the free google goggles" app will do what you want.