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I think that statement is inaccurate. They do not work with only organizations like DHS and law enforcement. In general, I think roughly 40-60% of their work
by trowaway888 6y ago
I think that statement is inaccurate. They do not work with only organizations like DHS and law enforcement. In general, I think roughly 40-60% of their work is with what you described and the rest is commercial entities. I imagine many vendors service organizations like DHS and law enforcement. Are they all threats to liberty?
In concrete terms, what is the threat, or why are they a threat to liberty?
- glenda 6y agoThey are a threat to liberty because they are used to perform surveillance and intelligence gathering on American citizens. Before the Snowden revelation this kind of behavior would have been considered criminal.
- prepend 6y agoIs that Palantir or the analysts that use it? I think what confuses me is I still don’t understand your argument. Is Excel a threat to liberty because it is also used massively to perform surveillance? Palantir is a software company with professional services. I’m not sure if you think they are a threat because you don’t understand what they do. Or because you think all software companies that do this work are a threat? Or because you think Palantir is so much better than Microsoft and IBM and all their competitors? Or something else.
- trowaway888 6y agoEverything that is publicly available states that Palantir does not do surveillance or intelligence gathering...Or data collecting, gathering or mining. I have not used the platforms, but others here seem to validate that. Do you have any sources of this claim? It would be helpful and valuable for framing my perspective and the discussion at large.