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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by caymanjim on Thursday August 22, 2019 @01:59PM (#20770753)
Palantir's entire business is providing data mining and surveillance software to government agencies. ICE is probably the least-morally-reprehensible thing they support. They are deeply involved with DHS, CIA, NSA, all manner of classified agencies. If any of their employees have a problem with ICE, they never belonged there in the first place.
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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by 1111236112347 on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:09PM (#20770837)
> Palantir's entire business is providing data mining and surveillance software to government agencies.

Palantir has a number of commercial customers, here's a few examples: https://www.palantir.com/palantir-foundry/impact/

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Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by nabnob on Thursday August 22, 2019 @04:35PM (#20772133)
>Its two main products are Palantir Gotham and Palantir Metropolis, more geeky winks from a company whose Tolkien namesake is a type of magical sphere used by the evil lord Sauron to surveil, trick, and threaten his enemies across Middle Earth. While Palantir Metropolis is pegged to quantitative analysis for Wall Street banks and hedge funds, Gotham (formerly Palantir Government) is designed for the needs of intelligence, law enforcement, and homeland security customers.

https://theintercept.com/2017/02/22/how-peter-thiels-palanti...

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