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Sharon Weinberger

@weinbergersa
22 posts
2021-01-21
Well, this is potentially a tricky one for critics of facial recognition/privacy advocates. https://twitter.com/...
2021-01-21 View on X
VICE

Hackers and hobbyists have deployed facial recognition on Parler videos taken at the Capitol on Jan. 6, showing the democratization of facial recognition tech

It demonstrates the democratization of facial recognition, but comes littered with ethical issues.  —  Joseph Cox

2020-10-01
Palantir goes public today, so I want to talk about my deep-dive for @NYMag on the company. In 20 years writing on military tech, I've found the most useful question to ask first is not if something is scary, but if it works as advertised. https://nymag.com/...
2020-10-01 View on X
New York Magazine

Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals

So what's the problem? Nothing, unless you want to be valued at more than $20B with less than $1B in revenue, Those “forward deployed engineers” are really expensive.
2020-10-01 View on X
New York Magazine

Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals

The question financial analysts often asked about Palantir: Is it selling software, or is it some hybrid of software and consulting? The latter, according to financial experts, is probably going to be a low margin business. Not something worth 20 times revenue.
2020-10-01 View on X
New York Magazine

Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals

I started off just interviewing people. Anyone I could find who had worked for Palantir, with Palantir, or in some cases, against Palantir. People have really strong opinions on the company - for and against - so I looked for the things everyone agreed on.
2020-10-01 View on X
New York Magazine

Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals

First, everyone agreed they have a good user interface. That's not a small thing. They also agreed it took a lot of manpower to make Palantir software work. That is, in fact, what some people praised: the military loved Palantir's engineers who worked with them in Afghanistan.
2020-10-01 View on X
New York Magazine

Former US military and intel officials express concerns about Palantir, arguing its success is largely down to its software having a friendlier UI than rivals

First, everyone agreed they have a good user interface. That's not a small thing. They also agreed it took a lot of manpower to make Palantir software work. That is, in fact, what some people praised: the military loved Palantir's engineers who worked with them in Afghanistan.
2020-10-01 View on X
CNBC

Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B

Big Data's scariest, most secretive unicorn — got its start, and whether its proprietary surveillance technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball. @weinbergersa reports ...

I started off just interviewing people. Anyone I could find who had worked for Palantir, with Palantir, or in some cases, against Palantir. People have really strong opinions on the company - for and against - so I looked for the things everyone agreed on.
2020-10-01 View on X
CNBC

Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B

Big Data's scariest, most secretive unicorn — got its start, and whether its proprietary surveillance technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball. @weinbergersa reports ...

The question financial analysts often asked about Palantir: Is it selling software, or is it some hybrid of software and consulting? The latter, according to financial experts, is probably going to be a low margin business. Not something worth 20 times revenue.
2020-10-01 View on X
CNBC

Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B

Big Data's scariest, most secretive unicorn — got its start, and whether its proprietary surveillance technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball. @weinbergersa reports ...

So what's the problem? Nothing, unless you want to be valued at more than $20B with less than $1B in revenue, Those “forward deployed engineers” are really expensive.
2020-10-01 View on X
CNBC

Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B

Big Data's scariest, most secretive unicorn — got its start, and whether its proprietary surveillance technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball. @weinbergersa reports ...

Palantir goes public today, so I want to talk about my deep-dive for @NYMag on the company. In 20 years writing on military tech, I've found the most useful question to ask first is not if something is scary, but if it works as advertised. https://nymag.com/...
2020-10-01 View on X
CNBC

Palantir closed at $9.50 following its direct listing on the NYSE, after opening at $10, giving it a market cap of roughly $20.9B

Big Data's scariest, most secretive unicorn — got its start, and whether its proprietary surveillance technology is more smoke and mirrors than crystal ball. @weinbergersa reports ...

2020-07-15
Exclusive: Trump signed a secret order allowing CIA to conduct cyberattacks w/o his prior approval. Since then, CIA has carried out over a dozen operations, including WikiLeaks-style hack-and-dumps. @zachsdorfman @KimZetter @JennaMC_Laugh @SeanDNaylor https://news.yahoo.com/...
2020-07-15 View on X
Yahoo News

Sources: CIA has conducted cyberattacks against Iran, Russia, and others since Trump signed a secret order in 2018 giving the CIA more freedom for such activity

The Central Intelligence Agency has conducted a series of covert cyber operations against Iran and other targets since winning …

2020-04-16
New: Pentagon IG on Amazon/Microsoft cloud war. “We sought to review whether there was any White House influence on the JEDI cloud procurement. We could not review this matter fully because of the assertion of a ‘presidential communications privilege’..” https://media.defense.gov/...
2020-04-16 View on X
Politico

US DOD's report could not “definitively determine” whether the White House intervened in $10B JEDI contract as officials were barred from answering questions

cuz he barred DoD officials from cooperating in the investigation. this feels... familiar. https://www.politico.com/...

New: Pentagon IG on Amazon/Microsoft cloud war. “We sought to review whether there was any White House influence on the JEDI cloud procurement. We could not review this matter fully because of the assertion of a ‘presidential communications privilege’..” https://media.defense.gov/...
2020-04-16 View on X
Bloomberg

US DOD inspector general finds the Pentagon's controversial decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft was “consistent” with acquisition standards

- Inquiry didn't find evidence that Trump swayed the decision  — Inspector general added that White House limited cooperation

2020-01-01
NEW: The last spy? From DNA tests to the OPM hack, @JennaMC_Laugh and @zachsdorfman look at the possible end of undercover espionage. Bunch of exclusives packed in here, including how China hacked a biometric database in the Bangkok airport. https://news.yahoo.com/... via @Yahoo
2020-01-01 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, speedy promotions...” https://twitter.com/... Artyom Lukin / @artyomlukin : Fascinating longread on espionage tradecraft. Ment...

While people are debating Trump's de facto outing of the alleged CIA whistleblower, a more profound dynamic is at work now. Trying to keep any intelligence employee's identity anonymous is all but impossible. https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2020-01-01 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, speedy promotions...” https://twitter.com/... Artyom Lukin / @artyomlukin : Fascinating longread on espionage tradecraft. Ment...

Exclusive: Around time of the OPM hack, Russia began identifying new CIA officers in the U.S. embassy, likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, and other digital clues, say four former intelligence officials. And much more in this story. https://news.yahoo.com/...
2020-01-01 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, speedy promotions...” https://twitter.com/... Artyom Lukin / @artyomlukin : Fascinating longread on espionage tradecraft. Ment...

2019-12-31
While people are debating Trump's de facto outing of the alleged CIA whistleblower, a more profound dynamic is at work now. Trying to keep any intelligence employee's identity anonymous is all but impossible. https://news.yahoo.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2019-12-31 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014 … Tweets: @edwardlucas , @sanhotree , @zachsdorfman , @inteloperator ,...

Exclusive: Around time of the OPM hack, Russia began identifying new CIA officers in the U.S. embassy, likely based on differences in pay between diplomats, and other digital clues, say four former intelligence officials. And much more in this story. https://news.yahoo.com/...
2019-12-31 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014 … Tweets: @edwardlucas , @sanhotree , @zachsdorfman , @inteloperator ,...

NEW: The last spy? From DNA tests to the OPM hack, @JennaMC_Laugh and @zachsdorfman look at the possible end of undercover espionage. Bunch of exclusives packed in here, including how China hacked a biometric database in the Bangkok airport. https://news.yahoo.com/... via @Yahoo
2019-12-31 View on X
Yahoo News

Overview of the ongoing efforts by the US to modernize its spy operations, to contain the damage from the 2014 OPM breach, be more resilient to tracking, more

When hackers began slipping into computer systems at the Office of Personnel Management in the spring of 2014 … Tweets: @edwardlucas , @sanhotree , @zachsdorfman , @inteloperator ,...