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• avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Private US corp. Used by various gov’ts around the world, the US included. It’s how gov’ts can both “not spy on their citizens” while end up having the ability to do so and use the info - by buying it from a private corpo.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It’s Peter Theil. Where have you been?

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  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In Switzerland

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’re still affected.

      www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peace/…/90666335

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      • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah, kinda. They pay taxes here I guess. Thing is, many morally dubious big tech companies have set up shop here (and also the local government annoyingly kinda sucks up to them), but there are more pressing things and Palantir in particular hasn’t become a common topic of conversation here.

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• KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not just US, most governments, even the Swedish police.

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  • craftrabbit@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh wow, just found this really interesting article about the Swiss perspective on the thing. Oh how very Switzerland…

    www.swissinfo.ch/eng/war-peace/…/90666335

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• Venat0r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  TIL the company is very aptly named:

  The stones were an unreliable guide to action, since what was not shown could be more important than what was selectively presented

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantír

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  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yup, they stole from Tolkien’s works. Much like Morgoth, they have no creativity.

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• leftascenter@jlai.lu ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies

  Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics platforms enabling government agencies, militaries, and corporations to combine and analyze data from multiple sources. Its flagship products—Gotham (for intelligence and defense) and Foundry (for commercial and civil use)—connect previously siloed databases to support intelligence operations, counterterrorism analysis, law enforcement, and enterprise analytics.

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