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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by zaroth on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:54PM (#23074336)
The same argument is actually used w.r.t. DHS/ICE using GitHub to work on software to better track illegal immigrants.

This is software that will ostensibly cut down on errors and speed up processing times for things like asylum claims, but for some reason Github was called out as being complicit.

I think the argument against Palantir is better formed than an argument against Github based on specificity of the tool, but I think both are driven more by viral outrage than careful consideration of any moral calculus or actual hands-on knowledge of how the tools are used.

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Re:Apple, Google ban location tracking in apps using their c... by GaryNumanVevo on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:12PM (#23075654)
One is explicit, the other implicit.

Palantir is _explicitly_ contracted by a government to create a tool for combining surveillance information to make tracking individuals more effective.

Github is providing tools (Github Enterprise IIRC) which is presumable being used to create tools which are used to track and deport individuals.

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