[engmgrmgr]

You’re a curious person and see that the back door to a closed restaurant was left unlocked. You should let them know, but make sure you find out how big of a screw up the closing manager caused so s/he can be dealt with or the process fixed.

You open the door a little and peak inside and see the office door is open. “This can’t be,” you think as you walk into it.

You bet there’s a safe left unlocked and customer reservation left unprotected on the computer, “how irresponsible can these people be…”

If their security is this bad, you wonder what their food safety processes are.

It’s a slippery slope, and maybe well-intentioned, but that doesn’t change the fact that you’re not allowed to wander into this restaurant’s back door or be there when it’s closed, and now that you have, how do you prove you didn’t do anything malicious if the only evidence there is is of you in the restaurant when you’re not supposed to be?

Maybe you can make an appealing public good argument against criminal accusations based on your stellar clean record, but how do you protect yourself from civil suits, which they have every right to spin up if they have damages and can link you to them?

[spacemanmatt]

Please don't conflate physical invasion with violation of data privacy. Everyone downloaded a car, 3d printed it, and are now driving around happily in them. This argument is beyond tired.

[tptacek]

The laws regarding computer intrusion are stricter than those governing real-world breaking and entering. Trying someone's door isn't a federal crime (though it'll absolutely get you arrested, even though that's the open protocol a doorknob advertises).