Already not a fan of Palantir, this is pretty bad news
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American
Submitted 3 weeks ago by remington@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans
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Gaywallet@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
treadful@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Maybe better to link the source article on this one.
remington@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Here’s an archive link of that NY Times article: archive.is/tXBRJ
GaetanLaberge@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Tyrans
Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Well the half-good news is, judging by Palantir’s track record of managing large public projects elsewhere, that project is bound to bankrupt the US once and for all so people can build something new. The bad news is, it’s probably only going to happen late within the first fifteen years of the ‘two-year’ contract.
Rustic_Fry@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Databases aren’t fireproof. This seems like a good reason to kick things off.
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Afaik this is basically what the NSA’s Prism is.
dan@upvote.au 3 weeks ago
[deleted]Gaywallet@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
In what world is that even a plausible outcome of this news? This feels non-sequitur by its pure absurdity. If they had a list of 1000 things they can do with this database, that would not even be on the list.
tane6@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
I’ve seen that Dan guy with some astronomically stupid takes, always funny to see his actual doofus face next to them
paequ2@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
Well, clearly this is gonna be something that every republican will oppose, right? Riiiight?
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
2006’es Alex Jones would have gone mental over this.
EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Something something accusing their opposition of doing the thing that they either are currently doing, or 100% would be doing if they had the opportunity.
beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Hypocrisy is considered a strength. So they’re definitely not against it.
I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
It will be used to track who owns a gun!
Maybe not, but the fact that it could, should get them to oppose it.