There are a lot of scary websites out there, but this one might be the scariest of them all.
The Internet has been around for over 40 years and has stored a huge amount of information over that time.
Of course, there are some websites on the web that are more useful than others, and some that you should stay away from altogether.
The rise of AI technology has taken things even further, with one particular site now being dubbed “the most disturbing website on the internet.”
Many social media users were left a little unsettled after discovering there was a site where all of their photos could be found.
We’re not talking about the baby photos stored in your mom’s cupboard here, but photos of yourself that have been posted to the internet over the years.
The website has been called “the most disturbing AI website on the Internet.” (Twitter/@rowancheung)
This is all thanks to a website called PimEyes, but I don’t think many people will appreciate the content on this site.
The site allows users to provide a photo of themselves and then searches the rest of the internet, using AI to find other snapshots of the user.
In theory, you could find all of your photos posted on social media sites.
The basic service offered by PimEyes is free and all you need to do is upload a snapshot of yourself and search.
Within a minute or two, he was shown a stream of photos of himself currently stored on the Internet, including an embarrassing one his mother had posted to Facebook from a family vacation in 2007.
However, things aren’t always 100% perfect, so there might be some odd “similarities” mixed in just to be safe.
The site uses AI to identify other photos of you on the web. (Getty Stock Photo)
If you want to take your image search a step further, there is a paid search upgrade that allows for more detailed searches and also provides links to all the places your image has appeared.
This could be helpful for people wanting to remove their photos from the web.
One person described the website as “nasty, but extremely valuable”, praising it for allowing them to “find out who has used my face without my consent” and force websites to remove the photos.
Yet another described it as a “stalker’s dream.”
A third person explained that she had uploaded a recent photo of herself and PimEyes recognised it online as a picture of her from when she was 10 years old.
Whether you find it creepy or interesting, the site certainly gives you the option to remove unwanted snaps from the public domain.
