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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by rdtsc on Monday January 12, 2015 @12:37AM (#8872660)
Wouldn't be surprised if this is an idealisticly minded young employer. I have seen them agressively interviewing on campuses, conferences. Perhaps in light of Snowden's releases and other leaks, maybe some of them were a bit dissapointed in what they saw there and decided to do something about it...
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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by jsprogrammer on Monday January 12, 2015 @02:00AM (#8872795)
Palantir works for NSA and is a CIA startup.
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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by oAlbe on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:08AM (#8873115)
Source?
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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by jsprogrammer on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:27AM (#8873153)
https://www.iqt.org/iqt_portfolio/palantir-technologies/

NSA as a customer has been widely reported in popular press [1].

[1] http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/08/14/agent-o...

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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by TallGuyShort on Monday January 12, 2015 @09:57AM (#8874148)
In-Q-Tel as an investor doesn't mean much, IMO. It does mean the product is of interest / value to the government, but that doesn't imply any sinister motive (or a ton of control). I work for a company that was invested in by In-Q-Tel, and the only influence I've seen from that was really to benefit the users in the community and develop a project for RBAC in Big Data - which is something I really hope the NSA has in place internally.

edit: and I'm a Libertarian, so I'm biased against reaching this conclusion based on my own observations.

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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by Anderkent on Monday January 12, 2015 @07:50AM (#8873594)
NSA as a customer was taken from both companies having a product called prism. Not very strong evidence.
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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by JonnieCache on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:49AM (#8873215)
Q: Is Palantir a front for the CIA?

A: No, the CIA is a front for Palantir.

- Peter Thiel

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Re:Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and ... by fapjacks on Monday January 12, 2015 @06:32AM (#8873344)
I have some firsthand experience with this overseas. Palantir creates intelligence products for the US military and other government organizations such as the "State Department"...
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