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I'm guessing this is intentionally leaked by Palantir to test the waters for IPO. No one with access to that document will risk the legal ramification of leakin
by msoad 6y ago
I'm guessing this is intentionally leaked by Palantir to test the waters for IPO. No one with access to that document will risk the legal ramification of leaking it just for fun
- LegitShady 6y agoI don't know. Thiel has enough enemies that assuming it's Palantir doing it seems naive. There are plenty of people willing to attack him "for fun"
- NationalPark 6y agoSomeone trying to destroy a business because of a personal grudge? Say it ain't so...
- jessaustin 6y agoRegardless of one's opinions of Thiel, most opposition to Palantir would be political rather than personal. This firm's actions have made society poorer and less free, in multiple nations.
- regs 6y agoCare to cite an example?
- jessaustin 6y agoAnyone who wants to quibble that it's fine to lock up people who lack documentation or who live across the street from a drug dealer, can have that conversation without me. I'm sure if you consult a search engine you can find lots of other stuff like this: https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/documents-reveal-palantir-software-is-used-for-ice-deportations.html https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/documents-reveal-palant... https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predictive-policing-tool-new-orleans-nopd https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/27/17054740/palantir-predict...
- scumbert 6y agoWhich is it, detractors-- Palantir's products are smoke and mirrors, or they are effectual at making society less free?
- jessaustin 6y agoApparently some of Palantir's line is so secret we don't know about it. The products we have heard of, like "Gotham" (?!!), are ineffective at the task of "assisting police without violating human rights". That task is important to humans, but not to some of those who decide where police departments spend money. It's a principal-agent problem.
- rsynnott 6y agoIf a product aimed at law enforcement, say, doesn't work, but does make law enforcement more arbitrary, then both are satisfied. Not saying that's the case here, but one could be forgiven for assuming that a lot of 'predictive policing' stuff is snake oil, but dangerous snake oil.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoI agree that's plausible speculation, but it's still speculation. It seems like a pretty serious failure of media literacy to assume that these screenshots are authentic without any concrete knowledge of how their authenticity was confirmed.
- Panini_Jones 6y agoI'm not sure it's in TechCrunch's interests to tell us how credible their leakers are. Leakers probably have repeat value and they don't want to poison their relationship.
- rsynnott 6y agoGiven how few people presumably have legitimate access to these, Techcrunch probably couldn't say much without risking identifying their source. When people leak to media, they often do so on condition that they won't be identified.