18: Tools & Tips for Fake Profiles, Photos and Catfishing

A listener asked how to tell if a photo is photoshopped, so we share some simple tips, tricks and free tools online to check on a photo. We also dive into how to spot a fake profile, reverse image search, vet a potential catfish situation online and relevant use cases with dating apps (44:55). But first,

• Nafis is going to be a Bride's Boy (5:32)
• Using an Amazon Alexa or Google Home as an intercom in your home (9:02)
• Our Mount Rushmore of things that are unnecessarily expensive (12:25)
• Following up on The Nightmare Before Christmas poll from last episode (32:18)
• Twitter and TikTok will soon allow you to showcase a verified NFT on your profile (34:20)
• Instagram will now alert users with there is an outage and when it will come back (38:06)
• Instagram is combining all IGTV and regular video posts into "Instagram Video" (38:48)
• A new IG feature called "Take a Break" (42:45)
• We start to discuss the main topic with Anonymous Listener #3 (44:55)
• Charlie opens up about his Runescape romance (49:52)
• Nafis opens up about Snapchat scammers he has encountered on dating apps (56:56)

Relevant Links:
Reverse Image Searching -

• Google Reverse Image Search (Here's a Guide)
• TinEye
• Yandex

Photo Edit Analysis -

• ImageEdited
• FotoForensics
• Forensically

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