People equating street photography with surveillance are missing a crucial difference between the two which pertains to what happens to the media after it has b

People equating street photography with surveillance are missing a crucial difference between the two which pertains to what happens to the media after it has been recorded. Street photography exists for the purpose of displaying such photos to the public later on. Surveillance footage need not be seen until deemed necessary, which may or may not ever happen. I have no opinion on this either way, but thought that was important to point out.