Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by ynniv on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:48AM
(#15923817)
It is legal until you inform them they are trespassing and ask them to leave.
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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by rayiner on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:21PM
(#15924165)
Not if it's a personal residence. Entering someone else's property is trespass unless you have license. When private property is open to the public, there is an implied invitation to the public to enter, so you have license to do so unless it's revoked. With a personal residence, however, there is no implied license for strangers to enter (though there might be based on the parties' relationships or prior dealings).
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by ynniv on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:40PM
(#15924354)
There are some states with specific rules for personal residence, but it's inconsistent.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by rcoveson on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:17PM
(#15924136)
I don't think this is true. "Trespass is defined by the act of knowingly entering another person’s property without permission."
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/trespass
So it's illegal to, for example, go door to door looking for one that somebody forgot to lock and then spend the night there.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by webignition on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:54AM
(#15923895)
Under UK law, trespassing is a civil not criminal matter and so by some definition it is not illegal.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by pdpi on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:02PM
(#15923992)
Still illegal, just not a crime.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by timthorn on Thursday December 14, 2017 @02:43PM
(#15926139)
No, it's unlawful, not illegal.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by pdpi on Thursday December 14, 2017 @03:13PM
(#15926502)
Definition of illegal: not according to or authorized by law : unlawful, illicit; also : not sanctioned by official rules (as of a game)
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by timthorn on Thursday December 14, 2017 @04:19PM
(#15927166)
In legal terms, illegal and unlawful are not synonymous. In the UK, trespass is only illegal in certain circumstances: https://cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/trespass-and-nuisance-land
Beyond that, it's only unlawful.
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by UncleEntity on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:58AM
(#15923942)
Where I live it is 100% legal to shoot them with no questions asked.
100% legal (castle doctrine) to shoot them, think about that for a minute, not generally legal to shoot someone engaging in a legal activity.
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Also legal to shoot them through the door but probably not such a good plan...
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by ynniv on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:01PM
(#15923980)
No, you just think it is. The intruder must be there to commit a further crime, usually a violent one.
An intruder must be making (or have made) an attempt to unlawfully or forcibly enter an occupied
residence, business, or vehicle.
The intruder must be acting unlawfully (the castle doctrine does not allow a right to use force
against officers of the law, acting in the course of their legal duties).
The occupant(s) of the home must reasonably believe the intruder intends to inflict serious bodily
harm or death upon an occupant of the home. Some states apply the Castle Doctrine if the occupant(s) of the home
reasonably believe the intruder intends to commit a lesser felony such as arson or burglary.
The occupant(s) of the home must not have provoked or instigated an intrusion; or, provoked/instigated
an intruder's threat or use of deadly force.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_doctrine#Conditions_of_...
Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ...
by UncleEntity on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:15PM
(#15924113)
No, you must reasonably believe they intend to commit a further crime.
Here, unless you give them a reason they're just like "yeah, dude opened the wrong door, heh?"