# Cant loot something in a container thats unlocked

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**Category:** New Citizens Q&A\
**Created:** [September 22, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cant-loot-something-in-a-container-thats-unlocked/26585 "2017-09-22T21:02:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gemster108\_Mininghald](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/gemster108_mininghald/32/26096_2.png) [@Gemster108\_Mininghald](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Gemster108_Mininghald)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cant-loot-something-in-a-container-thats-unlocked/26585/1 "2017-09-22T21:02:58Z")

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I’m really confused, the container surrounds itself with a yellow outline when I try and open it, am I missing a module or is it something else?

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**Author:** ![Caterpil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/caterpil/32/181073_2.png) [@Caterpil](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Caterpil)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cant-loot-something-in-a-container-thats-unlocked/26585/2 "2017-09-22T21:21:27Z")

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That means that the container belongs to someone else. In order too loot it, you’d have to become a suspect (be freely shootable to everyone for 15 minutes).

What actions you can take are determined by your safety setting, a little green/yellow/red light just to the right of your ships HUD. You can change the setting by clicking on the light.

- While green, you can take no action which gives you a suspect or criminal flag (such as looting containers which don’t belong to you).
- While yellow, you can take no action which gives you a criminal flag.
- While red, you can take any action.

More on the EVE crimewatch system here:

[https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Timers#Legality\_Timers](https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Timers#Legality_Timers)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/original/3X/4/1/41ec4921cbaca7a6f9ea556e7cc20018461eae5e.png) [@system](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/cant-loot-something-in-a-container-thats-unlocked/26585/3 "2017-12-21T21:22:10Z")

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