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Comment at most potentially trespassing. (Score 1) 346

As illegal as guessing the number code on the front door of a house with a number code door lock, then walking in & taking photos of any photos found in the house in RAW mode before leaving (or running the photos through a battery powered high res scanner, then putting them back), which means a crime of common"trespassing" at most. Actually in a significant percentage of common-law jurisdictions it wouldn't even be a crime of trespass unless there's a "no trespassing" sign on the front door or one in the front yard that's easily visible to anyone approaching the front door.

It's totally ridiculous for a cyber crime to have a penalty that's the same as it's equivalent real world crime, let alone to have a penalty that's significantly greater.

Comment Actually it is (Score 1) 499

& it's even prescribed in Switzerland for the treatment of opioid dependence, not just extreme pain. When the prescription heroin program was expanded more or less across the nation, it had such a effect on minimising certain crimes that certain insurance premiums went down in prrice too.

I suggest you do a Google search for diacetylmorphine. Diacetylmorphine is the pharmaceutical name for heroin ('heroin' being the propriety trademark name Bayer gave diacetylmorphine). diacetylmorphine is still a legal prescription medication in many countries, including the UK & Canada.

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