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Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by leesec on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:21PM (#20421852)
Would you rather tech companies not be trying to help law enforcement or our military, and just leave them to their own devices?

I have my answer, but I don't think it's nearly this black and white. Palantir probably does a lot of good, just like all the big tech companies, even though it's the bad stuff that mostly makes the news.

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Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by chance_state on Friday July 12, 2019 @12:27PM (#20421904)
> Would you rather tech companies not be trying to help law enforcement or our military, and just leave them to their own devices?

Yes, I'd rather not aid law enforcement in spreading disinformation and targeting journalists, for example [1].

Though I do agree that it's not as cut and dry as "Palantir is evil".

[1] https://www.thetechherald.com/articles/Data-intelligence-fir...

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