Going onto private land

[jack]

I went for a jog and ingress, and there's a lovely level 8 portal, just 10 meters into the business park, which is technically private land. And one more down the far end. Is it ethical to walk in?

Last time I didn't even really stop to question it, I assumed that they'd have a barrier or at least a sign if they didn't want people to walk past, and just went in, but the security guard came out on my way back and asked me not to. I thought it wise not to after that, but I'm not sure what lesson to take -- should I never go into private land, even if it's clearly ok? Or not if I think it's likely to be a problem? Or just do it whenever it seems harmless until I'm asked to stop?

The idea of just trying it and seeing if people mind literally never occurred to me -- I assumed it was either ok, or forbidden. But in fact, most situations DON'T have well-thought-out rules, and it's pointless to pretend they do. But I don't want to overcompensate.

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[spaceoperadiva]

At the community college not far from our house, some of the security has gotten used to Ingress and just waved in a friendly way when we show them our screen, while others ran us off every time. It's so hard to tell what's going to happen in any situation. My default was that if I didn't need to hop a fence or anything, I went for it. If they asked me to leave, I apologized in a calm, friendly way and did as they asked.

I'm not playing currently. :/

[jack]

Oh, that's lovely. Yeah, I assumed explaining would just seem ridiculous, but I should have tried it, people are a lot more used to niche phone games now.

My default was that if I didn't need to hop a fence or anything, I went for it. If they asked me to leave, I apologized in a calm, friendly way and did as they asked.

Yeah, that makes sense.