I find the claim that street view invades privacy or causes harm a bit odd, particularly since it long ago started blurring faces and license plates, and appear

I find the claim that street view invades privacy or causes harm a bit odd, particularly since it long ago started blurring faces and license plates, and appears to do so reliably. I'm receptive to the idea that scale, permanence and universal access can represent qualitative changes to the impact some kinds of information might have on people. I'm just not understanding how that applies to images of public streets.