A profile pic or DM can feel personal, flattering, and ready to answer — and still never have been taken. Get a read first.
Left: a face that was photographed. Right: a face that was made. Same smile. Very different proof.
Why it matters
Social life runs on faces. A match, a DM, a Story — you do not meet the person first. You meet a picture that asks for a reply.
AI made it cheap to invent flattering portraits: soft light, perfect skin, no awkward real-world mess. Some of those images are real people. Some are a pitch. Your eyes alone are a soft filter.
True Byline is for the pause between “they seem nice” and “I will answer” — a read on whether the photo looks like a camera shot or something generated.
Where this shows up
You do not need a scam novel. You need a habit: when a photo is why you reply, match, or forward — check the photo.
Main pics and carousels that look studio-ready on every angle.
Private photos that feel intimate and still arrive as a single clean frame.
Short-lived posts and forwards that travel on polish and urgency.
“Look at this” threads where nobody checks the original before reacting.
What to notice
None of these prove a fake on their own. Together, they are a reason to slow down — and to run a check.
How it works
True Byline does not replace your judgement. It gives it something to stand on before you answer.
A match, a DM, a Story forward — flattering, personal, ready to answer.
True Byline reads the photo and scores how likely it is a camera shot versus AI-generated.
Use the result before you match, forward, or keep the chat going. A strong signal — not a legal verdict.
Privacy
Social and dating already ask for enough of you. A check should not mean uploading a private face into a permanent archive.
True Byline is built as a read: you bring the image, you get a result, we do not keep the photo. Details live on the privacy page.
What you get
Free accounts get more daily checks than browsing signed out. Paid plans stretch to thirty a day when you are vetting profiles and DMs in batches.
Unused checks do not roll over. Midnight UTC resets the jar. Simple on purpose.
Questions
Yes. Profile pics, DM photos, and Story frames are easy to generate. A face can look personal and still never have been photographed.
You get a read on whether the photo looks like a real camera shot or AI-generated — so you can pause before you reply, match, or forward.
No. It is a signal, not a courtroom verdict. Stack it with conversation context, a live video check, and your own sense of the chat.
Dating profiles, DM attachments, Stories, feed posts, and group-chat forwards — any still image you are about to trust in a conversation.
No. Checks run without keeping the photo on our side.
Start
If a face is asking for your reply, treat the picture like evidence. True Byline gives you a read — in the browser, without keeping the file.