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Re:In praise of cash by wolfgke on Friday March 03, 2017 @08:03PM (#13788451)
> Don't we all hate Paypal?

Also don't forget that Peter Thiel got really rich by selling Paypal to eBay in 2002. After that in 2003 he founded Palantir Technologies - a company that produces surveillance software for the three letter agencies.

I often like to say that getting lots of money does not make you a bad person, but brings your true character traits to light.

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Re:In praise of cash by gpawl on Friday March 03, 2017 @08:25PM (#13788551)
Palantir is a data analysis system, not a data collection system.
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Re:In praise of cash by nickpsecurity on Friday March 03, 2017 @11:11PM (#13789206)
A data analysis system primarily used by cops and spies that's also integrated with the spies' collection system.
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Re:In praise of cash by nfbush on Friday March 03, 2017 @08:54PM (#13788657)
Doesn't mean it cannot be surveillance software
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