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If you want to continue to be disingenuous and try to play off Palantir as a run of the mill big data company that is fine, but their business model is implemen
by okmokmz 7y ago
If you want to continue to be disingenuous and try to play off Palantir as a run of the mill big data company that is fine, but their business model is implementing and assissting with mass surveillance and I don't know a single individual in the field that is aware of Palantir that considers them "just a consulting company" or interchangeable with tableau or something similar as you seem to be arguing
- ng12 7y agoAgain I'll ask -- what do you think Palantir is doing that makes them so different?
- okmokmz 7y agoAs I've already stated, how they market themselves, who they market themselves to, the governments/organizations/companies they've worked with, the company's history, statements from the company's founder, etc. In fact, I've found hardly any sources on Palantir that don't mention their work on mass surveillance. Your comments come off a lot like the comments of Facebook engineers when I discuss Facebook's mass surveillance. Regardless of what you think, the majority opinion seems to be that Palantir is largely a mass surveillance big data company (because they are).
- ng12 7y agoWow, I would have never guessed that Coca-Cola, Kimberly-Clark, Hershey, Home Depot, and Walmart were all in on the mass surveillance business [1]. Anyways -- agree to disagree. My personal take is that once the mass surveillance has been conducted the cat's out of the bag. Once the LAPD started scannning license plates it doesn't really matter if they're using Palantir to search the data or a bunch of interns sifting through it by hand. The only thing we can do is get the LAPD and the LA City Government to be accountable to their citizens. 1. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/williamalden/inside-palantir-silicon-valleys-most-secretive-company https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/williamalden/inside-pal...