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Inside Palantir

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Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by superuser2 »

akhilcacharya wrote: post #9
CydeWeys wrote: post #5

> If you have information or tips, you can contact this reporter over an encrypted chat service such as Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp, at 310-617-1302. You can also send an encrypted email to will.alden@buzzfeed.com, using the PGP key found here. This is the best "contact me if you have juicy insider info" slug that I have ever seen . He can take PGP-encrypted email! And this is on Buzzfeed!!!

Even Gawker writers take PGP-encrypted email these days.

Could a publicly traded newspaper company legally allow its employees to use end-to-end encryption? I would guess not, given the email retention requirements in Sarbanes-Oxley.

Some companies even block webmail providers to ensure only the centrally-archived corporate mail server can be used for company business.

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by nicklovescode »

jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I want to see what Palantir actually produces. Like does Coca-Cola get a monthly report that says "Hey, you guys should bring back Cherry Cola in Montana for an expected 4% increase in sales" or what? What does $1mil/month actually get you ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ooAUeTlzdU

here's a quick demo of one of their products

edit: this is 2012, likely way out of date

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Post by trhway »

jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I want to see what Palantir actually produces. Like does Coca-Cola get a monthly report that says "Hey, you guys should bring back Cherry Cola in Montana for an expected 4% increase in sales" or what? What does $1mil/month actually get you ?

>I want to see what Palantir actually produces.

SAR. Suspicious Activity Report. If you don't know what "fusion center" is - https://www.palantir.com/wp-assets/media/capabilities-perspe...

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by jbob2000 »

nicklovescode wrote: post #22
jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I want to see what Palantir actually produces. Like does Coca-Cola get a monthly report that says "Hey, you guys should bring back Cherry Cola in Montana for an expected 4% increase in sales" or what? What does $1mil/month actually get you ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ooAUeTlzdU here's a quick demo of one of their products edit: this is 2012, likely way out of date

Oh my god, what the hell is that thing! For all that money, they couldn't have hired a product management/design team?

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by jbob2000 »

trhway wrote: post #23
jbob2000 wrote: post #10

I want to see what Palantir actually produces. Like does Coca-Cola get a monthly report that says "Hey, you guys should bring back Cherry Cola in Montana for an expected 4% increase in sales" or what? What does $1mil/month actually get you ?

>I want to see what Palantir actually produces. SAR. Suspicious Activity Report. If you don't know what "fusion center" is - https://www.palantir.com/wp-assets/media/capabilities-perspe...

Huh. Kind of looks like ArcGIS.

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by laxatives »

sharkweek wrote: post #13

Will Alden is shaping up to be one of the most connected journalists in startupland. First the Zenefits coverage, and now this, he's done a great job getting lots of great sources at some of the more interesting companies. Credit to BuzzFeed for building up a pretty solid news team.

Buzzfeed was also respnsible for outing tennis fixing in The Tennis Racket using statistical analysis of players' matches.

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by api »

Analemma_ wrote: post #3

Apparently they're not doing well. Good riddance. Palantir is creepy as hell. For all the snark about how startups and places like Apple are run like cults, like in The Circle, Palantir is the one outfit I know of where the stereotype is really true. And in the post-Snowden world where we know for sure just how all-devouring the US intelligence's community's desires are regarding our privacy, the last thing we need i…

Sure it's creepy, but there's also something else I've been suspecting about all this surveillance for years: it doesn't really work.

Moral, ethical, and political problems aside is mass surveillance snake oil?

Is there really any credible evidence that mass surveillance has stopped any significant terror attacks? Can you really find needles in haystacks reliably without drowning in false positives?

Re: Inside Palantir

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Post by Tossrock »

misuba wrote: post #12

At least they have the decency to tell you who they work for right in their name.

It always kind of amazed me as a pick for a company name. Like, they realize palantirs are a tool of the bad guys, right? They're not a good thing! It's like naming your company "Stormtrooper", or "Dementor".
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