Citizens' attitudes to privacy, surveillance and security (1)
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Two FP7 projects run large mixed methods studies: SurPRISE conducts one-day citizen summits in nine countries with about 200 citizens per summit discussing three technologies (smart CCTV, deep packet inspection, smartphone location tracking), while PRISMS runs a pan‑European representative survey of 27,000 interviews. Main findings: acceptability hinges on demonstrated effectiveness, targeted surveillance preferred over blanketing approaches, perceived intrusiveness (DPI ranks high) and institutional trustworthiness; younger people often oppose new surveillance and country‑level differences and education shape responses.
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