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"Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting," Ellison added "The Oracle CTO also suggested that drones could be u

"Citizens will be on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting," Ellison added "The Oracle CTO also suggested that drones could be used to pursue police suspects instead of relying on patrol vehicle chases"

belter 2y ago
"Larry Ellison’s Oracle Started As a CIA Project" - https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-p...
- FrustratedMonky 2y ago
  Incredible. Had not heard this. Now starts to make more sense. Makes you wonder what tech we don't know about. How much is AI already in use if he is ok talking about this in public.
  - confusing3478 2y ago
    *Palantir enters the chat*
- hdjjhhvvhga 2y ago
  > “Of all of the commercial databases, Oracle is the least secure,” British security expert David Litchfield recently told Reuters. Which is a problem, both from a national security perspective or even a consumer confidence perspective. Because today, everybody uses Oracle databases. The only good thing about it today is that the last sentence is no longer true and Oracle is considered a legacy technology.
  - bdangubic 2y ago
    the only good thing about it today is that the last sentence is no longer true and oracle is considered a legacy technology. you and many may believe that this is the case but this can’t be further from the truth where it matters - large-scale enterprises
    - hdjjhhvvhga 2y ago
      From my limited perspective (ca. 10 Fortune 500 orgs) Oracle definitely is (or was) somewhere at each of these but in most cases was considered a liability rather than asset and in two cases I participated in projects migrating away from it (that were quite time-consuming because of all quirks on the way). Only in one case the org was adamant they want to keep it (I don't know the actual reasons as I was in another department but from what I understood they used a lot of Oracle-specific solutions and were depending on Orcale support a lot).
  - nunez 2y ago
    almost everyone big still uses oracle databases somewhere
slowmovintarget 2y ago
Before that: > "The police will be on their best behavior because we're constantly watching and recording everything that's going on," Ellison told analysts. The article mentions that police bathroom breaks would still be recorded, but would just need a subpoena. Facepalm.

belter 2y ago

"Larry Ellison’s Oracle Started As a CIA Project" - https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-project-1636592238 https://gizmodo.com/larry-ellisons-oracle-started-as-a-cia-p...

FrustratedMonky 2y ago
Incredible. Had not heard this. Now starts to make more sense. Makes you wonder what tech we don't know about. How much is AI already in use if he is ok talking about this in public.
- confusing3478 2y ago
  *Palantir enters the chat*
hdjjhhvvhga 2y ago
> “Of all of the commercial databases, Oracle is the least secure,” British security expert David Litchfield recently told Reuters. Which is a problem, both from a national security perspective or even a consumer confidence perspective. Because today, everybody uses Oracle databases. The only good thing about it today is that the last sentence is no longer true and Oracle is considered a legacy technology.
- bdangubic 2y ago
  the only good thing about it today is that the last sentence is no longer true and oracle is considered a legacy technology. you and many may believe that this is the case but this can’t be further from the truth where it matters - large-scale enterprises
  - hdjjhhvvhga 2y ago
    From my limited perspective (ca. 10 Fortune 500 orgs) Oracle definitely is (or was) somewhere at each of these but in most cases was considered a liability rather than asset and in two cases I participated in projects migrating away from it (that were quite time-consuming because of all quirks on the way). Only in one case the org was adamant they want to keep it (I don't know the actual reasons as I was in another department but from what I understood they used a lot of Oracle-specific solutions and were depending on Orcale support a lot).
- nunez 2y ago
  almost everyone big still uses oracle databases somewhere

slowmovintarget 2y ago

Before that: > "The police will be on their best behavior because we're constantly watching and recording everything that's going on," Ellison told analysts. The article mentions that police bathroom breaks would still be recorded, but would just need a subpoena. Facepalm.