UK Biobank leak: Health details of 500k people offered for sale on Alibaba

Post by rafram » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:27 PM UTC

camochameleon wrote: post #48

rafram wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Palantir develops database software.

“Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them,” Karp said, with a smile on his face. The CEO added that he was very proud of the work his firm is doing and that he felt it was good for America. “I’m very happy to have you along for the journey,” he said. “We are crushing it. We are dedicating our c…

Post by cassianoleal » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:29 PM UTC

Aurornis wrote: post #49

greg_dc wrote: post #28

In fairness, is this any worse than what Palantir will do with the whole countries NHS records? And they're being paid by the government to do it!

> In fairness, is this any worse than what Palantir will do with the whole countries NHS records? I don’t get this trend of seeing bad thing happen and then commenting that other bad thing exists and therefore “in fairness” we should downplay it. Bad things are bad. Comparing them to other things we don’t like doesn’t make them less bad. I don’t like Palantir either but they’re not intentionally leaking health detail…

Post by subscribed » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:34 PM UTC

rafram wrote: post #51

camochameleon wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Palantir is here to disrupt and make the institutions we partner with the very best in the world and, when it’s necessary, to scare enemies and on occasion kill them,” Karp said, with a smile on his face. The CEO added that he was very proud of the work his firm is doing and that he felt it was good for America. “I’m very happy to have you along for the journey,” he said. “We are crushing it. We are dedicating our c…

Yes, that’s a bunch of bluster about database software.

Post by chii » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:38 PM UTC

keybored wrote: post #15

londons_explore wrote: post #5

There isn't much difference between giving this data to 20,000 researchers all over the world and simply publishing the data on the web. I personally would like data like this to simply be published, together with a law that says using the data to make personalized decisions affecting those individuals is punishable with life in prison. Basically, this data is 'opensource', but not for use to decide insurance premium…

“We didn’t make a decision based on that.” Done and dusted?

Post by dweekly » Fri, Apr 24, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC

probably_wrong wrote: post #45

londons_explore wrote: post #5

There isn't much difference between giving this data to 20,000 researchers all over the world and simply publishing the data on the web. I personally would like data like this to simply be published, together with a law that says using the data to make personalized decisions affecting those individuals is punishable with life in prison. Basically, this data is 'opensource', but not for use to decide insurance premium…

> There isn't much difference between giving this data to 20,000 researchers all over the world and simply publishing the data on the web. As a researcher who regularly deals with such data there is a MASSIVE difference. Yes, I have access to the data but I am restricted on how it can be stored (no cloud), what I can and can't do with it, and for some of it I'm even mandated to destroy it once the research project is…