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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by Amadou on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @08:31PM (#6518787)
do you want anybody who is interested to be able to dress up like a hobo and sift through your trash with impunity any time they feel like?

As far as I know, that is perfectly legal throughout the USA. Certainly there is no warrant required for the police to do exactly that.

I've actually got a big problem with the police doing that without any judicial supervision, but if it is OK for them to do it carte blanche, then in a just society it must be OK for anyone else to do it too.

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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by steveklabnik on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @11:25PM (#6519237)
You arent even required to dress like a hobo for it to be legal! http://freegan.info/what-is-a-freegan/freegan-practices/urba...
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by sliverstorm on Tuesday October 08, 2013 @11:32PM (#6519256)
Huh. I always thought it was illegal, much the same way opening someone's mail is illegal. I could be wrong though.
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Re:Making a Living Collecting Cans by steveklabnik on Thursday October 10, 2013 @04:35AM (#6526367)
The difference is that when you throw something away, you're indicating you don't want it any longer. Mail is something that is very explicitly for you only. Does that make sense?
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