What I found funny about the Wired piece, is that one of the worlds top big brother companies, Palantir (do they see themselves as Saruman or are they on the go

What I found funny about the Wired piece, is that one of the worlds top big brother companies, Palantir (do they see themselves as Saruman or are they on the good side, I earnestly wonder, perhaps someone from the inside could comment on that, highly appreciated), makes the point.