| ▲ | avazhi a day ago |
| Why though? Palantir does good work. |
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| ▲ | danny_codes a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| Their CEO is a loon for one thing.
But also the concept of spying is generally unsavory. Nobody wants to be tracked. Palantir has proven that they have no ethical framework for who they work with. Essentially they fill a mercenary role in modern society. Nobody really trusts mercenaries, for obvious reasons. |
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| ▲ | avazhi a day ago | parent [-] | | And? None of the reasons you’ve given apply to everybody. They do apply to illegal migrants, protestors, and violent criminals though - and others that also cause similar societal problems and disruption. Once again HN - like so many other online meeting spaces - takes for granted that the libertarian and extreme ‘human and civil rights’ tech bro ethos is invariably shared by everybody else. It is not. |
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| ▲ | HDBaseT a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If you're goal is to make everyone's life worse, then maybe good is the right word but for most people, Palantir does evil work. |
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| ▲ | avazhi a day ago | parent [-] | | Palantir hasn’t made my life worse, though. | | |
| ▲ | HDBaseT 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | These things are hard to quantify.
Palantir hasn't come into your house and stabbed you (yet) but the deep state surveillance network they enable is concerning and honestly undermines just about everything, voting, politics, equality, etc. | | |
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| ▲ | avazhi 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | > Palantir hasn't come into your house and stabbed you (yet) but the deep state surveillance network they enable is concerning and honestly undermines just about everything, voting, politics, equality, etc. Assuming I value democracy as much as you clearly assume I do (which I do not), wtf are you even talking about, man? |
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