I think it's a uniquely German problem, because nowhere else in the EU did Google have to blur buildings. Having immigrated to Germany I can tell that Germans are pretty much privacy-obsessed, with strict regulations on CCTV (you will get in trouble if your camera points to the street) and hardly anyone having a social media account.
Not my observation. They aren't as privacy obsessed as it's made out to be, only when there's a big fuss made out of something. There's still heavy social media use which completely contradicts the privacy focus.
And yet it is one of the few places where it is mandatory to have your name on the publicly-facing postbox in order for mail to arrive. The privacy sentiment here is all over the place.
Another thing is the legal requirement to put your full name and home address on any website you own privately. Everyone I ask about this contradiction is like "Well it is like it is, so it probably has to be like that"
