"The U.S. government doesn't and technically can't watch citizens every minute of every day. Palantir's C.T.O. thinks the world would be safer if that ability were controlled, but still existed. Unless I am literally a terrorist, the odds that people are going to be constantly watching and scrutinizing me are very low. But then the fear becomes, well, if we have this incredible way to make it all more and more and more efficient, then maybe privacy does start to disappear."
"And then a consequence of that is they also can't do their job. They can't protect you from the things that they're supposed to be protecting you from. So I'd offer another solution to this, which is they should be really good at doing what they're doing. And we should have a strong ability to oversee that they're not doing things that they're not supposed to be doing."
"If you go back in time, there were government employees who looked up the passports of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, and they got caught. How did they get caught? The system they're using generates audit logs. People were reviewing the audit log. And did you have a permissible use to look this up? The answer was clearly no. And so you have to both help the people who are protecting us. And you have to empower the people who are watching the watchers."
The U.S. government cannot literally watch citizens every minute of every day, and advanced surveillance capabilities raise privacy concerns. Controlled access to such capabilities paired with institutional competence can improve protection without erasing privacy. Audit logs and review mechanisms can detect improper lookups and misuse of data. Systems should enable those protecting the public while empowering independent oversight to ensure permissible use. Practical examples show that automated auditing can catch abuses and that policy and technical safeguards together can balance security needs with civil liberties.
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