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ArnoVW01/21/20251 replyview on HN

On the UK though, computer data is proof. If the computer says you cheated, it’s proven.

This is about to change though, since the national postal services got a whole bunch of people convicted of fraud based on a system they knew buggy.


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shit_game01/21/2025

For context, (I assume) this is referencing the Horizon IT Scandal in which faulty accounting software used by post offices in the UK indicated there were financial discrepencies suggesting embezzlement, and over 900 innocent people were convicted of crimes that never happened.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal