RedTennisRacket

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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
Not every government in every country is of the same quality in terms of e.g. corruptibility and willingness to improve. That's just how it is. It's not too different from other companies that are not expanding into certain region
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
I think there are a couple of misconceptions about FOIAs, our software and the law in general here... - FOIAs cannot be used to obtain specific information about persons, this kind of information is protected. In the EU under the GDPR howev
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
I think it's important to distinguish between individual abuse and systemic abuse. Every one of those agencies has had, in their history, at least some cases of individual abuse (e.g. one particular individual abusing their power). Thi
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
This is not in the least accurate... 1) yes, the LE do already have the data. 2) agencies don't 'give' data to palantir, law enforcement data almost always lives in air-gapped environments it cannot leave in any way (or only
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
It is unclear to me what you are saying here. It is well-known fact (amongst the intelligence community) that our software has been used to save tens of thousands of lifes, prevent hundreds (thousands?) of terrorist attacks, saved billions
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
People FOIA palantir related contract successfully all the time, esp. in local law enforcement. If you try to FOIA certain other government institutions, then yes, you might get that answer. Of course palantir has no input on that in any wa
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
FOIAs are not made to companies, they are made to government entities. But yes, of course you can make FOIA requests to government entities we work with (the law guarantees you this privilege), and about the work we do with them -- reporter
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by RedTennisRacket 8y ago
You raise several good points, but a few clarifications here: - In our software that we deploy to police departments, generally the origin of any piece of information is tracked, as well as when it was entered and by who. The intention with