Why is everyone so bothered about Google taking photos? Anybody can walk down your street and take a photo of your house. Anything that Google photographs can be seen by the public by just walking down your street.
The claim that burglars use it to aid their efforts is rubbish, the burglar can simply have a stroll down the street and see everything that is visible from Google Street View.
Aside from that, Google Maps shows high-res satalite photos of your house from a top down view, why aren't you protesting this aswell? A burglar can use this tool just as much as Street View. Infact Google Maps top down view is probably more helpful to burglars than Street View.
The claim that burglars use it to aid their efforts is rubbish, the burglar can simply have a stroll down the street and see everything that is visible from Google Street View.
Aside from that, Google Maps shows high-res satalite photos of your house from a top down view, why aren't you protesting this aswell? A burglar can use this tool just as much as Street View. Infact Google Maps top down view is probably more helpful to burglars than Street View.