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Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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Re: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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I really like what Spain is doing recently. If it weren't for climate change, I'd consider moving there.

Canary Islands are part of Spain and probably unaffected from climate change - we have 19-22°C all year round. If it raises to 25° still pretty livable.

Ok but most of the populated areas of the Canary Islands are a tourist shithole, not somewhere you would want to live.

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Spain is really going in the right direction, I wonder why no one countries inspire from what they are doing

I know I’m a conspiracy theorist but I’m looking out for random scandals, random high profile deaths, random infrastructure issues and random large scale accidents.

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I think the immigration is what keeps Spain from turning into another Japan or Germany - a stagnant, overly old place stuck in time.

And in Spain most immigrants are from Latin America with close enough culture and language to avoid most integration problems.

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Just came back from Japan and I found it vibrant and modern.

If you went to Japan in the 90’s, 00’s or 10’s, you’ll find the issue is that Japan still feels mostly the same. It’s a wonderful country, but post-Japan’s asset bubble and crash there’s been noticeably less change.

Change for the sake of change is what cancers are.

Re: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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Looks like we’re doing this in the UK soon too. Edit: not sure what the downvotes are. Burnham literally said he’ll do it today.

indeed, and he has apparently already been walking the walk > "Burnham did not grant the US tech company any contracts during his nine years as Greater Manchester mayor, and is minded to take the same approach in Downing Street."

But how many did he deny?

Re: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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I am talking about the current government corruption cases, I assume Mexico is worse, but Spain isn't great for Europe either

The made up cases are so many that they deflect each other and the few real ones. The real scandal is the state of our judicial power.

calla ruc que ets un tros de ruc

Re: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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"The decision stems directly from growing official concern over the potential misuse of classified information linked to national security." What are the specific concerns?

I imagine that’s classified.

People in the comments here are praising the move, so presumably something is public. I've googled but I can't see some specific breach or documented misuse. Is the objection to Palantir strictly political?

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As opposed to what? American servers with Isreali backdoors?

How about Spanish servers? I will never understand this helplessness that comes from these European countries. They are choosing to be dependent on foreign powers.

It's expensive to home-grow your own solutions and if you try transitioning too many services at once the cost will be outrageous and you'll probably open other security holes. I am glad Spain is taking this step and I hope they continue this trend - but outright refusing to use any software built abroad requires a massive investment in domestic tech. That investment would likely pay economic dividends but it is a cost that needs to be measured against other investments Spain needs to make and in Spain's case resilience against global warming is especially important.

Re: Spain Orders Blacklist of Palantir from Public and Private Companies

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> The firm holds a €16.5 million contract signed in 2023 with the Armed Forces Intelligence Center (CIFAS), which is scheduled to expire this upcoming November. > Military leadership, including the Chiefs of Staff of the Army and Navy, has lobbied Defense Minister Margarita Robles to renew the contract, citing the platform's operational superiority. Palantir wins contracts because they are better at what they do. If…

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Your argument is that the Spanish military is run by the mafia?
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