This is the second article of a series of two.
So please, read the first article if you did not.
It's incredible that I have to say this again: I'm not here to defend Palantir and I have absolutely no interest here.
However, the lack of intellectual rigor of the people out there FORCES me to respond and therefore clarify some misconceptions about Palantir.
Here is the original message I received, so you can re-read it.
After dissecting the "form" of the message, we will now talk about the claims behind it.
Behind this message he's basically saying:
- Palantir has access to the data of its clients.
- Palantir could coerce and compromise individuals and entire nations.
In today's piece, we'll answer the following questions:
- What is Palantir?
- Does Palantir have access to the data?
- Does Palantir HOST the data?
- Does Palantir own its own servers?
- Could Palantir still access the data WITHOUT client consent?
- Could Palantir coerce, compromise, extort or blackmail individuals and entire nations?
This analysis is quite long, it's the result of hours of research and synthesis that no serious journalist could do, it's OSINT based and (I think) quite well articulated so ANYONE can understand it.
And it's available for paid members of the Grey Zone, exclusively.
Let's start.