Earlier quoted context omitted.
The license plate cameras are actually a special case. If you don't like most types of surveillance there are a lot of countermeasures a concerned party can use. Run your own servers, use encryption, etc. The problem with license plates is that the equivalent thing is to obscure your license plate, which is prohibited by law. So it's not just that the government is collecting publicly available information, it's that…
You are welcome not to drive on public roads. Driving is a privilege that you have to take on a wealth of regulations to enjoy.
That is just a canned argument applied generically in favor of any citizen-hostile rule that touches cars.
And it's completely inane. The government has created places without access to meaningful mass transit and outside of walking distance to necessities like grocery stores or, for that matter, government buildings, or any piece of land zoned for anything but other private homes. Saying "driving is a privilege" is like saying to those people "leaving your house whatsoever is a privilege". No it isn't.