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>The article cites “mechanical systems” as being infallible, and reading that language, it reads to me as some archaic legislation that never got updated for co
by M2Ys4U 2y ago
>The article cites “mechanical systems” as being infallible, and reading that language, it reads to me as some archaic legislation that never got updated for computer software.
It's worse than that.
The law was fixed in 1984[0] and then the fix was intentionally reversed in 1999.[1]
[0] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/69/1991-02-01 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/69/1991...
[1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/60 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/60
- d1sxeyes 2y agoYes, because basically it was resulting in clever lawyers being able to get any and all computer evidence against their clients rejected as hearsay. The change in 1984 wasn't a 'fix', it threw the baby out with the bathwater.