Re:FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to privat...
by 1MachineElf on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:50PM
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The relationship must be very strained already if they are publicly blaming each other. Customers always blame their vendors. On the Palantir side, their account/product managers should be asking whether or not their ACL config is sufficiently intuitive. If this mistake was easy for a customer to make, if it's a mistake that couldn't have been avoided without consultancy, then Palantir should treat it like a defect.
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Re:FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to privat...
by verall on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:14PM
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It's because the FBI doesn't have any leverage to threaten palantir for passing the blame. "Government agency is incompetent" is a very potent narrative that blocks the usual expectation that cloud products should be difficult to use insecurely.
Complaining publicly has no downsides for palantir here.
Re:FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to privat...
by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday August 26, 2021 @01:45PM
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Their leverage is contract. Palantir's position as vendor of choice is kinda limited right now. They don't seem to service regular corps in US.
The complaint can have a real ramifications ( loss of future contracts and so on ). That said, at certain point enough is enough I suppose.
Re:FBI Palantir glitch allowed unauthorized access to privat...
by ErikVandeWater on Thursday August 26, 2021 @04:38PM
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> "Government agency is incompetent" is a very potent narrative that blocks the usual expectation that cloud products should be difficult to use insecurely.
Whether the government purchased a defective product that was insecure or misused a good product, the government should be held to account for the failure, same as with any company.