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(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 o

(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 ago
I 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 ago
  Especially since Palantir gets all the biometric data they want from their government clients anway.
  - TotempaaltJ 5y ago
    That'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 ago
      Sure, 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 ago
Unfortunately, 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 ago
  I'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.

AlexandrB 5y ago

I 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 ago
Especially since Palantir gets all the biometric data they want from their government clients anway.
- TotempaaltJ 5y ago
  That'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 ago
    Sure, 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 ago

Unfortunately, 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 ago
I'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.