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By Silkie Carlo Where the City’s movers and shakers have their say. Today, Silkie Carlo, director of Big Brother Watch, takes the pen to talk increasing CCTV surveillance, bank spying powers, and the power of dog adoption Smile for the cameras?As Londoners, we’re disturbingly used to our every step being recorded by CCTV cameras – but would we accept them being turned into live facial recognition cameras? The Metropolitan Police used live facial recognition four times last week across the city – in Tooting, Kingston, Southall and Hounslow. This year, the force has been using the controversial …

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