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UT Austin researcher presents survey data on public acceptability of city surveillance technology
Summary
Sharon Strober of UT Austin presented survey results showing higher public acceptability for emergency uses of cameras and lower acceptability for routine monitoring; respondents preferred government data custodians over private companies and favored more transparency about data handling.
Sharon Strober, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin and a member of the Good Systems Ethical AI group, presented findings from an Austin‑focused online survey of roughly 1,000 respondents on public attitudes toward visual surveillance technologies.
Strober described the study’s approach — a 5x5 matrix that crossed five city units (police, fire, transportation, Austin Energy, and the school district) with five use contexts…
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