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> People may never receive the money they were promised. “We make no warranty … that we will be successful launching the Worldcoin network or issuing WLD tokens
by manesioz 5y ago
> People may never receive the money they were promised. “We make no warranty … that we will be successful launching the Worldcoin network or issuing WLD tokens,” says a contract distributors must sign before receiving an Orb, which was viewed by BuzzFeed News. “We are providing the Orb to you for experimental purposes, to advance our objectives, including to gather data on the use of the Orb by end users, and for no other purpose.”
So they're taking advantage of people in poor countries to collect their biometric data. Yikes. The people who made this are the same people who talk endlessly about the virtue of innovation and technology.
- AlexandrB 5y agoWhat are the odds this will end with Worldcoin being sold off for parts - namely the "orb" technology and the biometric database? I'm sure a company like Palantir could find a use for this stuff.
- boeingUH60 5y agoEver since I heard of Worldcoin, I've been thinking that's the plan...gather enough biometric data and sell it off to a larger player (likely a surveillance company), while pumping some shitcoins on the side. Or maybe they'll monetize the database themselves...the whole thing is just creepy
- TotempaaltJ 5y ago(I work for Palantir but any opinions are my own) Palantir is not in the business of collecting data, and as such would have no use for this data. Here's an official blog post explaining this: https://blog.palantir.com/palantir-is-not-a-data-company-palantir-explained-1-a6fcf8b3e4cb https://blog.palantir.com/palantir-is-not-a-data-company-pal...
- AlexandrB 5y agoI don't like Palantir, but I'm not sure why you're being downvoted. You are correct that Palantir probably would not want to acquire a bunch of biometric data. My mistake.
- hef19898 5y agoEspecially since Palantir gets all the biometric data they want from their government clients anway.
- TotempaaltJ 5y agoThat's not accurate. The article I linked is better at explaining this than I am: > We license this software to organisations, who receive secure and unique instances of our platforms in which to conduct their own work on their own data. > We do not and cannot reuse or transfer our clients’ data for our own purposes. Attempting to profit from customer data in this way would be illegal and would undermine the trust that is necessary to work in the sensitive environments in which we have built our business.
- hef19898 5y agoSure, I wouldn't be surprised so if three letter agencies and their foreign counter parts were using Palantir as a clearing house for information. Plus I am far beyond the point of believing company announcements and statements.
- CaptainZapp 5y ago> Palantir is not in the business of collecting data From all we know about Palantir collecting and visualizing data is the whole reason for their existence. Thus I think that a critical view of this post is warranted. Regardless if this specific data would be of interest. e: clarification
- fl0wenol 5y agoUnfortunately, this is a reputation your organization cultivated for itself. For gods' sake, the name is _Palantir_ If anyone truly needed rebranding right now, it's you guys.
- TotempaaltJ 5y ago> Unfortunately, this is a reputation your organization cultivated for itself. Yeah, I agree! The article acknowledges this in the first few paragraphs.
- giraffe_lady 5y agoI'd argue it's an honest name and their reputation is fairly well in line with what they actually accomplish in the world. They should change but not the branding.