First permanent facial recognition cameras to go up in London despite ‘dystopian’ warning

The Met’s facial recognition vans (Picture: PA)Permanent facial recognition cameras are coming to London, despite campaigners warning the move is the first step towards ‘a dystopian nightmare’.Croydon is set to see the city’s, and the rest of the democratic world’s, first permanent live facial recognition (LFR) placed to scan faces and match them to a criminal database.They will sit attached to lampposts or buildings on pedestrianised streets, and be just a short w