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Which defense contractor would want that data? Palantir?
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y ago
Which defense contractor would want that data? Palantir?
- eli 3y agoThere are tons of contractors that are just middlemen, collecting and packaging data from other companies. See https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government... This way the government doesn't have to interact (or even be able to identify) where exactly the data is sourced from.
- smitty1110 3y agoThe contractor is just a smokescreen in this case. The point is the Government pays the contractor, which is what shows up in subpoenas and congressional budget hearings, and the paperwork says the contract is in support of Such and Such contract. If someone is using FOIA requests to gather information, They see DOD paid Foobar, inc. $56 million for the FUBAR contract. You then go to FUBAR, and you find the request and parameters, which are 300 pages of word salad, and then you read the proposals, which are 150 words each of a combination of buzzword bingo, legalese, and contracting pandering. None of which makes it obvious that the contract is "Buy data on our behalf, to shield the program from oversight".