Article PR53 Algorithmic guilt: defendants must be able to inspect source code in forensic devices

Algorithmic guilt: defendants must be able to inspect source code in forensic devices

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Cory Doctorow
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Some day, you may be the defendant in a criminal trial that turns on whether the software in a forensic device reached a reliable conclusion about a DNA test or other piece of evidence. Wouldn't you like to have your own experts check the source code on that device? (more")

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