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This isn’t accurate, Palantir business model includes mass surveillance for military/security purposes; if a company is concerned with privacy should think twice before handling it to Palantir, even if with all the assurances they might give in terms of data governance.
According to the article:
> It also includes a line stating that with permission from the city agency, Palantir can “de-identify” patients’ protected health information and use it for “purposes other than research”.
Under HIPPA, "research" has a very specific definition which renders "purposes other than research" quite broad. Yes, it's "with permission" but it does depend on the city agency fully understanding what ancillary things Palantir can do with de-identified data once it has left the covered entity and without further explicit permission.
while I understand the meaning here, modern Excel does handover data to Microsoft (via Copilot)...
It’s named evil corp. On purpose.
> Palantir builds software that customers use to work with their own data
After DOGE, a movement Palantir aided [1], I think it's fair for folks to wonder to what degree these firms have been infiltrated by extremists. Someone who will convince themselves that exporting data to ICE or the Proud Boys—like the names of every New Yorker whose medical records say they are gay, circumcised or have had an abortion—is the right thing to do. (Or at least funny and inconsequential.)
It's a risk. Not a conclusion. But given Palantir's offering is becoming less differentiated by the day, I think it's fair for people to look for alternatives.
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-doge-irs-mega-api-data/
I heard that they lock data by using proprietary formats. MSFT does not do that.
The concern is more with the tools that Palantir creates around the domains they service. They analyze, predict, and shape decisions using unproven technology. Palantir controls insights, models, and outcomes, and given the anti-democratic and frankly unhinged extremist worldviews of the founders, it's highly concerning to allow them to create tools for sensitive and nuanced data that have life or death consequences.
if custody is with the customer.....why does palantir have compute pricing.....
hmmmmmm
Why would anyone knowingly use Isreali spyware?
> Custody of the data remains with the customer.
Yea.. like.. how, though?
Here are their setup instructions. It seems pretty clear what is happening to your data, and an unqualified statement that you maintain some nebulous idea of "custody" seems oblivious to even simple risk.
https://www.palantir.com/docs/foundry/data-connection/initia...
This isn't even getting into their "forward deployed software engineers" or how that whole aspect of their "product" works.
> Custody of the data remains with the customer
pinky promise?
Well, they are to some degree.
Microsoft can't guarantee data sovereignty – OVHcloud says 'We told you so' (theregister.com)
76 points by fauigerzigerk 6 months ago | 7 comments
In some regards I'd almost rather Palantir runs it, since the DoW would force them to implement very strict data isolation features which hospitals could then get for free. I wouldn't imagine Epic Healthcare Systems would be forced to isolate data so aggressively.
That said I also recognize the moral dilemma and understand why they'd pull out. Frankly I'm surprised they did much work with hospitals at all
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You’re calling people who critique Palantir “borderline Q-Anon” ?
While you yourself think Palantir’s products are “like Excel” ?
They are not. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blam...