> For example I don't think palantir works on shit like stuxnet or deploying stuxnet. You mean they don't help prevent a hostile state from developing nuclear

> For example I don't think palantir works on shit like stuxnet or deploying stuxnet. You mean they don't help prevent a hostile state from developing nuclear weapons? All withou causing anything approaching the collateral damage (and risk of open war) that a traditional attack on infrastructure would cause? Setting aside the fact that the NSA work sounds a lot more interesting from a technical perspective [0], a lot of people would find the work far more fulfilling than convincing people to buy widgets they don't need. [0] Especially considering that the day to day work of working for a large government organization is far more boring, even without the extra headache that comes with working with classified materials.