[HenryBemis]

The developer's actions are 'best effort'. Didn't the company run extensive tests to cover all possible scenarios?

If you build a system that orders coffee capsules, you want to make sure you don't order x100. But when you report 'thieves' to the authorities you open yourself up for plenty of lawsuits.. imagine the poor people being harassed by the authorities for some crime they didn't do, and will take plenty of time/money/effort to clean-up, all because company XYZ does not have a thorough UAT..

[IG_Semmelweiss]

"imagine the poor people being harassed by the authorities"

Unfortunately we don't have to imagine this. This is exactly what happened (Hertz was the culprit, see link downtread)

You may not even need that word "poor" inserted in there in fact, the average person in middle america may not have the resources to to avoid a night in county jail, due to a wrongful imprisonment / accusation.

[HenryBemis]

Apologies, the word "poor" didn't have to do with fanancial status. We use the word "poor" also metaphorically. Someone breaks their leg, we say "poor guy".. In also know that in Italy someone may say "povre" in the meaning pity, not poverty.