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Understandable misconception, but he went there.

Not being able to recognize cluelessness in other people might just be an understatement.

"The building is home to the city’s Domain Awareness System, which collects and analyzes information from police cameras, radars, license plate readers and more. The Domain Awareness System was built in partnership with Microsoft, which is selling the software to other cities, with New York getting a cut of the profits."

Weren't we supposed to be panicking about Palantir being used to report fire code violations only yesterday? Now I don't even know where to direct my outrage and paranoia!

Still, it seems unclear to me what people thought a "Smart City" was supposed to be. That this data would be generated (very expensively) and simply not utilized by law enforcement? It says the author's goal is really to generate curiosity, and based on this article (plus living in lower Manhattan) I think I might need to run out and get a copy.

That's not a secret. Ask anyone at the company and they will say Palantir is primarily an integration company. The reason the demand so much money in for this integration is simply because no one else will actually do it despite the constant refrain of it being "only" data integration.