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diff --git a/site/public/research/munich_security_conference/index.html b/site/public/research/munich_security_conference/index.html index 3e1e8f17..2eb35d2f 100644 --- a/site/public/research/munich_security_conference/index.html +++ b/site/public/research/munich_security_conference/index.html @@ -61,15 +61,27 @@ <p>Our <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e">earlier research</a> on the <a href="/datasets/msceleb">MS Celeb</a> and <a href="/datasets/duke_mtmc">Duke</a> datasets published with the Financial Times revealed that several computer vision image datasets created by US companies and universities were unexpectedly also used for research by the National University of Defense Technology in China, along with top Chinese surveillance firms including SenseTime, SenseNets, CloudWalk, Hikvision, and Megvii/Face++ which have all been linked to the oppressive surveillance of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang.</p> <p>In this new research for the <a href="https://tsr.securityconference.de">Munich Security Conference's Transnational Security Report</a> we provide summary statistics about the origins and endpoints of facial recognition information supply chains. To make it more personal, we gathered additional data on the number of public photos from embassies that are currently being used in facial recognition datasets.</p> <h3>24 Million Non-Cooperative Faces</h3> -<p>In total, we analyzed 30 publicly available face recognition and face analysis datasets that collectively include over 24 million non-cooperative images. Of these 24 million images, over 15 million face images are from Internet search engines, over 5.8 million from Flickr.com, over 2.5 million from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), and nearly 500,000 from CCTV footage. All 24 million images were collected without any explicit consent, a type of face image that researchers call "in the wild".</p> -<p>Next we manually verified 1,134 publicly available research papers that cite these datasets to determine who was using the data and where it was being used. Even though the vast majority of the images originated in the United States, the publicly available research citations show that only about 25% citations are from the country of the origin while the majority of citations are from China.</p> +<p>In total, we found over 24 million non-cooperative, non-consensual face images in 30 publicly available face recognition and face analysis datasets. Of these 24 million images, over 15 million face images are from Internet search engines, over 5.8 million from Flickr.com, over 2.5 million from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com), and nearly 500,000 from CCTV footage. All 24 million images were collected without any explicit consent, a type of face image that researchers call "in the wild".</p> +<p>Next we manually verified 1,134 publicly available research papers that cite these datasets to determine who was using the face data and where it was being used. Even though the vast majority of the images originated in the United States, the publicly available research citations show that only about 25% citations are from the United States while the majority of citations are from China.</p> </section><section><div class='columns columns-2'><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/megapixels_origins_top.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Sources of Publicly Available Face Image Training Data 2006 - 2018", "Top: 10", "OtherLabel: Other"]}'></div></section><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/summary_countries.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Locations Where Face Data Is Used Based on Public Research Citations", "Top: 14", "OtherLabel: Other"]}'></div></section></div></section><section><h3>Over 6,000 Embassy Photos Found in Facial Recognition Training Datasets</h3> -<p>Of the 5.8 million Flickr images in publicly available face recognition training datasets there were over 6,000 photos from Embassy Flickr accounts. These images were mainly used in the MegaFace and IBM Diversity in Faces datasets. Over 2,000 more images were included in the Who Goes There dataset, used for facial ethnicity analysis research for a total over 8,000 embassy images used in facial analysis studies. A few of the embassy images found in facial recognition datasets are shown below.</p> -</section><section><div class='columns columns-2'><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/country_counts.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Photos from these embassies are being used to train face recognition software", "Top: 4", "OtherLabel: Other", "Colors: categoryRainbow"]}'></div></section><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/embassy_counts_summary_dataset.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Embassy images were found in these datasets", "Top: 4", "OtherLabel: Other", "Colors: categoryRainbow"]}'></div></section></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4606260362.jpg' alt=' An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from United Kingdoms Embassy in Italy'><div class='caption'> An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from United Kingdom's Embassy in Italy</div></div> -<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4749096858.jpg' alt=' An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from the Flickr account of the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan'><div class='caption'> An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from the Flickr account of the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4730007024.jpg' alt=' An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from U.S. Embassy Canberra'><div class='caption'> An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from U.S. Embassy Canberra</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7118211377.jpg' alt=' An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from US Embassy Tokyo Flickr account'><div class='caption'> An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from US Embassy Tokyo Flickr account</div></div> -<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7645865468.jpg' alt=' An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from U.S. Embassy Kingston Jamaica'><div class='caption'> An image in the MegaFace dataset obtained from U.S. Embassy Kingston Jamaica</div></div></section><section><p>This brief research aims to shed light on the emerging politics of data. A photo is no longer just a photo when it can also be surveillance training data, and datasets can no longer be separated from the development of software when software is now built with data. "Our relationship to computers has changed", says Geoffrey Hinton, one of the founders of modern day neural networks and deep learning. "Instead of programming them, we now show them and they figure it out."<a class="footnote_shim" name="[^hinton]_1"> </a><a href="#[^hinton]" class="footnote" title="Footnote 1">1</a>.</p> +<p>Out of the 24 million images analyzed, over 6,000 embassies images were found in face recognition training datasets. These images were found by cross-referencing the Flickr IDs between datasets to locate 5,667 images in the MegaFace dataset, 389 images in the IBM Diversity in Faces datasets. Both of these datasets are widely used in academic, industry, and defense research projects. An additional 2,372 more images were found in the Who Goes There dataset, which is used for facial ethnicity analysis research.</p> +<p>In total at least 8,428 embassy images are being used in facial recognition and facial analysis studies in at least 42 countries.</p> +</section><section><div class='columns columns-2'><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/country_counts.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Photos from these embassies are being used to train face recognition software", "Top: 4", "OtherLabel: Other", "Colors: categoryRainbow"]}'></div></section><section class='applet_container'><div class='applet' data-payload='{"command": "single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/embassy_counts_summary_dataset.csv", "fields": ["Caption: Embassy images were found in these datasets", "Top: 4", "OtherLabel: Other", "Colors: categoryRainbow"]}'></div></section></div></section><section><h4>Embassy Photos in Face Recognition Datasets</h4> +<p>The embassy and consulate photos below were all found in facial recognition training datasets MegaFace or IBM Diversity in Faces. Consulates were only included if marked as "EMBASSY" by the <a href="https://www.state.gov/global-social-media-presence/">U.S. Department of State’s Social Media Presence List</a>. Photos were chosen because of their inclusion of an embassy logo.</p> +</section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/9607407530.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Yaounde, Cameroon'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Yaounde, Cameroon</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4350550797.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Madrid'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Madrid</div></div> +<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4625883763.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Kabul'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Kabul</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/5906549160.jpg' alt=' US Embassy San Jose'><div class='caption'> US Embassy San Jose</div></div> +<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/6862454118.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Romania'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Romania</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/8225846629.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Stockholm'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Stockholm</div></div> +<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/9246033391.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Malta'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Malta</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4749096858.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Kabul Flickr photo found in the MegaFace dataset'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Kabul Flickr photo found in the MegaFace dataset</div></div> +<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/4730007024.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Canberra Flickr photo found in the MegaFace dataset'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Canberra Flickr photo found in the MegaFace dataset</div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7118211377.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Tokyo Flickr photo in the MegaFace dataset'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Tokyo Flickr photo in the MegaFace dataset</div></div> +<div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7645865468.jpg' alt=' US Embassy Kingston Flickr photo in MegaFace dataset'><div class='caption'> US Embassy Kingston Flickr photo in MegaFace dataset</div></div></section><section><p>To make this analysis slightly more personal for Munich Security Conference readers, several photos from the US Consulate in Munich were found. Ironically, several photos were from the Deutsch-amerikanischer Datenschutztag.</p> +</section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7208430726.jpg' alt=' US Consulate Munich Deutsch-amerikanischer Datenschutztag (data protection day) . Photo found in the MegaFace face recognition training dataset '><div class='caption'> US Consulate Munich Deutsch-amerikanischer Datenschutztag (data protection day) . Photo found in the MegaFace face recognition training dataset </div></div></section><section class='images'><div class='image'><img src='https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/megapixels/v1/site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/7241284424.jpg' alt=' US Consulate Munich Flickr image in the MegaFace dataset'><div class='caption'> US Consulate Munich Flickr image in the MegaFace dataset</div></div></section><section><p>This brief research aims to shed light on the emerging politics of data. A photo is no longer just a photo when it can also be surveillance training data, and datasets can no longer be separated from the development of software when software is now built with data. "Our relationship to computers has changed", says Geoffrey Hinton, one of the founders of modern day neural networks and deep learning. "Instead of programming them, we now show them and they figure it out."<a class="footnote_shim" name="[^hinton]_1"> </a><a href="#[^hinton]" class="footnote" title="Footnote 1">1</a>.</p> <p>As data becomes more political, national AI strategies might also want to include transnational dataset strategies.</p> <p><em>This research post is ongoing and will updated during July and August, 2019.</em></p> +<h3>FAQ</h3> +<ul> +<li><strong>Why are most photos from US Embassies?</strong> Most Flickr accounts cross-referenced are from the US State Department's social media account list. </li> +<li><strong>Why are most photos from the MegaFace dataset?</strong> Probably because MegaFace is such a large dataset. It includes about 4.7 million images from Flickr. IBM's Diversity in Faces contains far fewer, around 1 million. Only the photos with embassy logos were displayed on this page.</li> +</ul> <h3>Further Reading</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/datasets/msceleb">MS Celeb Dataset Analysis</a></li> |