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So what about using rakes or bump keys? Very low tech, very easy. Can defeat some poor quality locks.


Still sounds like petty crime that doesn't need the FBI to roll in.

The point is that in the physical world there is some notion of proportionality in the response to trespassing depending on the actual damage done and sophistication and premeditation of the act. We don't generally lock up people because they accidentally walked into an area they shouldn't have. But once computers are involved we have laws that automatically make even even minor infractions into a big scary issue that allows the government to essentially destroy someone's live.




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