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Re:Palantir S-1 by Barrin92 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @08:11PM (#24277749)
>The LAPD is going to scan license plates and analyze the data whether Palantir helps them or not

this isn't true actually. the police uses services like Palantir as a sort of get around because lots of data collection literally requires a warrant[1]

The US suffers from a schizophrenic legal situation where it has (for good reasons) barred its government from spying on its citizens, but has somehow outsourced it to private entities, the one level of indirection apparently makes that okay.

[1]https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/07/cbp-does-end-run...

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Re:Palantir S-1 by piva00 on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:43AM (#24280460)
> the one level of indirection apparently makes that okay

This is a pattern I've seen from America in general, loopholes against the spirit of the law, healthcare through 3rd parties, it seems there is always somewhere to kick the buck down for liability purposes. There is always a quest to find a technicality for a way out of some rules, the spirit of the rules don't seem to matter much.

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