Source: Vice
Summary
Palantir, a surveillance company, is making its “Audit Assistance” tool mandatory for all customers, citing its success in catching abuse. However, the company has not provided detailed information on how the tool works, raising concerns about its effectiveness.
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The announcement sounds ambitious.
Palantir’s “Audit Assistance” tool is now mandatory for all customers. The company claims it’s already helped catch abuse, but details on how it works are scarce. This sounds like another case of a “new” feature that users already had, just rebranded. Because what’s more innovative than making a tool mandatory and calling it a feature?
Author: Evan Null
