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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by ColanR on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:01PM (#15923971)
well, 'breaking and entering' in the US requires that something (i.e., the door) actually be broken in the process of entering the house...otherwise that charge doesn't apply.
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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by wccrawford on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:07PM (#15924029)
"Breaking" doesn't mean that, here.

http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=98

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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by buttcoinslol on Thursday December 14, 2017 @12:44PM (#15924407)
Fun aside: breaking and entering is referred to as such in English Common Law because criminals used to bust through the wattle and daub walls to break in, thus housebreaking, or breaking and entering. [1]

[1] https://books.google.com/books?id=77y2AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA229&lpg=...

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Re:Accessing Publicly Available Information on the Internet ... by posterboy on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:00AM (#15977412)
The more you know!
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