From the @buildingsheriff comes the definitive answer to the question: do you drill into the brick or the mortar when you need to screw into a wall. Drilling into a brick wall is easy if you have the right tools and do so in the correct way.
And the correct way to drill into a brick wall is to drill into the brick, NOT the mortar!
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