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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by xnorswap on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @04:59AM (#38839983)
Given the Post Office / Horizon scandal, I'd actually be reassured the default assumption was the software was wrong.

Further reading at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Post_Office_scandal , the TLDR is the biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history because people insisted the software was right.

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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by jaggs on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:37AM (#38840572)
About to be the subject of a UK TV series this month.
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by whycome on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @09:42AM (#38842077)
Well that has the potential to be incredibly depressing. It will be super interesting to see how they portray the developers and if they call out fujitsu
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Re:Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car ant... by jaggs on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @11:25AM (#38843383)
I really hope so. The authorities haven't even compensated most of the victims yet, still stalling. Hopefully the series will shame them into doing the right thing. It was disgusting what they did to these poor people, mostly just small mom and pop businesses who couldn't fight back.
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