Graham CluleyFeb 13

The Swiss government has ended its contract with American analytics company Palantir, after federal agencies in the country rejected Palantir at least nine times over seven years. The reason? Security concerns that should make other countries think carefully:

- Risk of US intelligence gaining access to sensitive data
- Potential loss of national sovereignty
- Dependence upon foreign specialists in crisis situations

Swiss authorities won't touch their software with a bargepole.

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Show threadferricoxide

@gcluley

- Risk of US intelligence gaining access to sensitive dataI don't know that Theil particularly cares about America, at least not its government. He's a neo-fuedalist. His fuckery is more towards advancing those aspirations than specifically providing benefit to the US government. Meaning, I think the bigger risk is less the US IC, specifically, than that Theil would happily sell one country's information to another "for the right price" if it advanced his overarching neo-feudalist goals.

...which is to say, if China or India were to offer him a neo-feudalist paradise within their borders in exchange for any given country's information — even the US's — he'd sell the target countries out in a heartbeat.

Feb 13 at 3:59pmWeb
Show threadKevinOnEarthFeb 15
@ferricoxide @gcluley
True but Palantir is still subject to the US #CloudAct so he wouldn't even have any choice in the matter if the US govt claim the data.