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status: published
title: MSC
slug: munich-security-conference
desc: Analyzing the Transnational Flow of Facial Recognition Training Data
subdesc: Where does face data originate and who's using it?
cssclass: dataset
image: assets/background.jpg
published: 2019-4-18
updated: 2019-4-19
authors: Adam Harvey

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## Analysis for the Munich Security Conference Transnational Security Report

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+ Images Analyzed: 24,302,637
+ Datasets Analyzed: 30
+ Years: 2006 - 2018
+ Status: Ongoing Investigation
+ Last Updated: June 27, 2019

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=== columns 2

```
single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/megapixels_origins_top.csv
Caption: Sources of Publicly Available Face Training Data 2006 - 2018
Top: 10
OtherLabel: Other
```

===

```
single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/summary_countries.csv
Caption: Locations Where Face Data Is Used
Top: 14
OtherLabel: Other
```

=== end columns


=== columns 2

#### Sources of Face Data

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| Source | Images |
| --- | --- |
|Search Engines | 30,127,200 |
|Flickr.com | 11,783,888 |
|IMDb.com  |  5,251,410 |
|CCTV  |  959,312 |
|Wikimedia.org  | 183,500 |
|Mugshots  |  113,268 |
|Other Sources Combined  | 37,044 |
|YouTube.com | 31,888 |

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#### Where Face Data Is Used

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|country | citations|
| --- | --- |
|China | 327|
|United States | 302|
|United Kingdom | 187|
|Australia | 38|
|Germany | 35|
|Singapore | 27|
|Canada | 25|
|Netherlands | 25|
|Italy | 22|
|France | 17|
|India | 14|
|South Korea | 12|
|Spain | 10|
|Switzerland | 9|

=== end columns



## Over 6,000 Embassy Images on Flickr Found in Face Recognition Datasets

Including over 2,000 more for racial analysis


![caption: MegaFace from U.S. Embassy Canberra](assets/4730007024.jpg)


![caption: An image from the MegaFace dataset obtained from United Kingdom's Embassy in Italy https://flickr.com/photos/ukinitaly](assets/4606260362.jpg)
![caption: An image from the MegaFace dataset obtained from the Flickr account of the United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan https://flickr.com/photos/kabulpublicdiplomacy](assets/4749096858.jpg)


=== columns 2

```
single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/megapixels_origins_top.csv
Caption: Sources of Face Training Data
Top: 5
OtherLabel: Other Countries
Colors: categoryRainbow
```

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```
single_pie_chart /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/embassy_counts_summary_dataset.csv
Caption: Dataset sources
Top: 4
OtherLabel: Other
Colors: categoryRainbow
```

=== end columns

{% include 'supplementary_header.html' %}

```
load_file /site/research/munich_security_conference/assets/embassy_counts_public.csv
Headings: Images, Dataset, Embassy, Flickr ID, URL, Guest, Host
```


{% include 'cite_our_work.html' %}