The coments you quote as mine are actually from Bill. This is not quite correct. There is no system-intrusion legislation in this jurisdiction. I don't see how it can be relevant what your intentions were. Hard to argue that you used a deliberately inexpensive lock instead of a good deadbolt vs. publicizing a weak system and inviting attention.
Buzzwords are like annoying little flies that deserve to be swatted.
The ethics of rattling door knobs . Busting one that compromised you is bad press. In 1995 a Finnish criminal law was amended to cover computer break in. No offence meant, but I feel bit strongly on this. Just curious what other think about the rattling door knobs question.