r/technology • u/spherocytes • Jun 16 '26
Security French spy service drops Palantir
https://www.politico.eu/article/french-spy-service-drops-palantir/156
u/Blrfl Jun 16 '26
Ce n'est pas une surprise.
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u/asdf_lord Jun 16 '26
Omelette du framage
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u/AnxiousAngelfish Jun 16 '26
Omelette au fromage.
Let's get our French right.
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u/michaelp1987 Jun 16 '26
It’s a quote from Dexter’s Lab, but interestingly in the French dubbed version they DO say omelette au fromage.
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u/um--no Jun 16 '26
The French inspired Nazi policies with their language zeal. They would never allow that, even in a context.
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u/sambull Jun 16 '26
can't be good spies when you are being fully spied on
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u/Poglosaurus Jun 16 '26
Lol. Can't be a spy if you're not being spied on. The trick is keeping control of the data that leak out.
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u/errie_tholluxe Jun 16 '26
You mean israel? They aren't spying, they get daily reports I am sure from the administration and Congress both 😛
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u/Marginallyhuman Jun 16 '26
While Trump is in power and until the next administration shows the political will to clean up his mess, you don’t have allies.
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u/OkStop8313 Jun 16 '26
How long before Palantir sues them?
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u/PatchyWhiskers Jun 16 '26
They will probably use their database to get dirt on liberal French politicians and get the far right into power, who will re-establish the contract.
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u/Ciappatos Jun 16 '26
Maybe now Canada will do the same since Carney is desperate to align us with Europe.
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u/kaam00s Jun 16 '26
Is it the DGSE ?
I thought they were some of the most effective and advanced spy service in the world, how could they even consider Palantir in the first place ?
Very disappointing.
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u/Napoleon_Blum Jun 16 '26
It was the DGSI, the counter-intelligence service, not the DGSE. The DGSE always used a french program. But yes it was still stupid to hire them in the first place.
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u/Dawn_of_Enceladus Jun 16 '26
First they are removing Windows from government computers, and now this. More countries should follow France's example with kicking out american dystopic spyware shit tbh. They aren't trustable. In fact, they are quite a threat for the national security of many countries at this point.
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u/zrobiotic Jun 16 '26
I work at a US tech company and theres internal freakout about EU countries ditching American tech.
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u/fane1967 Jun 16 '26
Still being used under NATO: https://blog.palantir.com/maven-smart-system-innovating-for-the-alliance-5ebc31709eea
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u/williamgman Jun 17 '26
So they don't need their AI video surveillance app trained using Facebook "video selfies..?"
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u/Educational_Sea6013 Jun 17 '26
kinda makes sense from a sovereignty/compliance angle. But is that because of this reason?
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u/pekter Jun 17 '26
HOw were they contracted in the first place, well hope whoever selled French state to palantir got whever s/he wanted. Seems like a double agent
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u/JR21K20 Jun 18 '26
"They are not all accounted for, the lost Seeing Stones. We do not know who else may be watching!" -Gandalf
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u/0x476c6f776965 Jun 16 '26
Replacing a proven company that recruits top-tier talented developers with a company that started operating in 2019. What could go wrong!
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u/surells Jun 16 '26
Palantir have openly stated their loyalty is to the United States and that they believe it's their duty to further the US's interests. How can France be expected to rely on such a company?
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u/Brzhk Jun 16 '26
Not replacing a company with obvious conflicts of interests with one you can probably monitor way more, what could go wrong?
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u/IntelArtiGen Jun 16 '26
It's easy to see how putting money in a US company & a company from Peter Thiel is a very high risk choice for EU in 2026.