Private US corp. Used by various gov’ts around the world, the US included. It’s how gov’ts can both “not spy on their citizens” while end up having the ability to do so and use the info - by buying it from a private corpo.
Yeah, kinda. They pay taxes here I guess. Thing is, many morally dubious big tech companies have set up shop here (and also the local government annoyingly kinda sucks up to them), but there are more pressing things and Palantir in particular hasn’t become a common topic of conversation here.
Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms enabling government agencies, militaries, and corporations to combine and analyze data from multiple sources. Its flagship products—Gotham (for intelligence and defense) and Foundry (for commercial and civil use)—connect previously siloed databases to support intelligence operations, counterterrorism analysis, law enforcement, and enterprise analytics.
At this point any US org or system gathering information on non-cis people might be feeding into Palantir’s systems for repression use.
Is Palantir a US government mass surveillance thing? If so, then congrats to whoever named the thing Palantir…
Private US corp. Used by various gov’ts around the world, the US included. It’s how gov’ts can both “not spy on their citizens” while end up having the ability to do so and use the info - by buying it from a private corpo.
Not just US, most governments, even the Swedish police.
Oh wow, just found this really interesting article about the Swiss perspective on the thing. Oh how very Switzerland…
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peace/why-palantir-is-becoming-a-risky-bet-for-switzerland/90666335
It’s Peter Theil. Where have you been?
In Switzerland
You’re still affected.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peace/why-palantir-is-becoming-a-risky-bet-for-switzerland/90666335
Yeah, kinda. They pay taxes here I guess. Thing is, many morally dubious big tech companies have set up shop here (and also the local government annoyingly kinda sucks up to them), but there are more pressing things and Palantir in particular hasn’t become a common topic of conversation here.
TIL the company is very aptly named:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantír
Yup, they stole from Tolkien’s works. Much like Morgoth, they have no creativity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies