96% of Americans support video surveillance against terrorism

According to Reuters, a Harris poll found that 96% of 2,416 adults in the United States supported the use of government video surveillance against terrorism, and about half supported the use of Federal stimulus funds for video surveillance against crime. The article discusses the need for automated computer vision methods to make effective use of video surveillance, and refers to the AISight product from BRS Labs. (See previous posting on BRS Labs on Computer Vision Central).

The Reuters article is available here.