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A comment on Palantir’s User Manual for Cops. Parent comment

Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by mdorazio on Friday July 12, 2019 @04:01PM (#20423953)
That’s like asking if it’s really a murderer’s fault for pulling the trigger of a gun manufactured by someone else. Yes, it absolutely is their fault and no, “if they didn’t, someone else would” is not a valid moral excuse, ever.
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Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by zymhan on Saturday July 13, 2019 @01:04PM (#20428993)
Who is the murderer in this analogy? To me it's the government misusing such a tool.
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Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by mdorazio on Sunday July 14, 2019 @03:56PM (#20435602)
Palantir. The government is the gun manufacturer collecting all the needed data in various places.
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Re:Palantir’s User Manual for Cops by zymhan on Sunday July 14, 2019 @05:37PM (#20436251)
Why though? Palantir isn't the one using the tools for ill. The government is collecting the information and using it, possibly, to violate civil liberties and constitutional rights.

What can Palantir do to you?

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