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This exact issue was pointed out many times with automated license plate scanning came into existence. Is it really Palantir's fault for making software to aggr
by zymhan 7y ago
This exact issue was pointed out many times with automated license plate scanning came into existence. Is it really Palantir's fault for making software to aggregate the data? In my view it is our fault as citizens for allowing the government to collect such data in the first place.
Any other company with enough developers and data scientists can do what Palantir does. It's the massive amount of information their software uses that is the concern. But that data is collected by our government, and so we have legal recourse to it, either under current law or by passing new privacy laws.
- mdorazio 7y agoThat’s like asking if it’s really a murderer’s fault for pulling the trigger of a gun manufactured by someone else. Yes, it absolutely is their fault and no, “if they didn’t, someone else would” is not a valid moral excuse, ever.
- zymhan 7y agoWho is the murderer in this analogy? To me it's the government misusing such a tool.
- mdorazio 7y agoPalantir. The government is the gun manufacturer collecting all the needed data in various places.
- zymhan 7y agoWhy though? Palantir isn't the one using the tools for ill. The government is collecting the information and using it, possibly, to violate civil liberties and constitutional rights. What can Palantir do to you?