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Not that I'm defending Lessig or Palantir (I'm definitely not a fan of Palantir), but I think the point Lessig was making is that of all the options, having one
by npsimons 13y ago
Not that I'm defending Lessig or Palantir (I'm definitely not a fan of Palantir), but I think the point Lessig was making is that of all the options, having one that is accountable and traceable is probably the least bad. That is to say, agencies (both public and private) are going to (and have!) use data gathering technologies; we may not be able to prevent it. The best we may be able to do is ensure that the chain of custody is unbroken, and evidence isn't manufactured, manipulated or otherwise called into doubt. That and start enforcing warrant requirements again.
- grey-area 13y agoThat and start enforcing warrant requirements again. I think enforcing the law (or creating new laws) and revoking the Patriot act would be far more effective than any technical measures after collection. The restrictions of the Palantir system sound about as effective as Snapchat (that is, not at all effective for a determined user). If you can read it and see it, you can spread information and use it in an uncontrolled way. That's not even considering other attacks like photographs, duplicates of the memory, hacks etc. - once the information has escaped the system into the brain of one user, there is no way to control access. The best solution is for that information to be collected only when strictly necessary and deleted after use, not stored. That's inconvenient and less effective for spy agencies, but more effective for the privacy of everyone else. If you want to stop universal surveillance, we have to control the collection of the data - anything else is too late in the process to make any meaningful difference and will be subverted over time, as the NSA abuse of their mandate has demonstrated.
- jaekwon 13y agoYou cannot ensure such a thing.
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