How does the scan actually work?
Your photo is sent to an image-recognition service that searches the public web for visual matches — repost accounts, aggregators, leak dumps — and we show you what it finds. It's a real web scan, not a local/offline check.
Do you store my photo?
No — it's used only to run that one scan and isn't saved afterward.
Why only 3 scans a day?
The free tool is rate-limited per visitor to keep it available for everyone without an account. Studio and Black plans scan without that limit.
What counts as a match — could it flag a false positive?
A match means the scan found a visually similar image somewhere on the web — it's a lead to check, not a certainty. Always open the result yourself before assuming it's your content reposted.
Do I need an account to keep using this?
No — the free scan (3 a day) doesn't expire or require sign-up. An account removes that daily limit and unlocks more (see below).
Is there more with an account? Is that it?
This free scan just shows you matches. With an account you can watermark your files with a per-subscriber invisible tag first — so when a leak shows up, you know exactly whose copy it was — plus save every scan to track reposts over time, and generate a DMCA takedown notice straight from a match.
What else can Obsydian do?