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		Doctor_Fegg on Jan 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a ... Read up on the UK Post Office Horizon scandal if you want a really horrible example of this.

function_seven on Jan 2, 2024 [–]

Yeah, I immediately thought of this story as a kind of reverse version of that.

Instead of buggy code causing innocent people to become criminals, here a “computer glitch” was blamed to explain away a signs of criminal behavior.

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