The company is literally named “Palantir”, after a magical object that allowed malevolent forces of pure evil to surveil, influence, and dominate the forces of good. What did anyone think was going on exactly?
The argument they use (which is, to be fair, true even if it misses the point) is that the Palantiri were originally made just to communicate across vast distances and to look across the ocean to the Undying Lands.
Like how one of the earliest live streams was of a coffee pot to see if it was done
Yes, to which I would tell them, but in the story the well-intended technology got abused for evil purposes, which was entirely predictable, both in that fantasy world and in the real one.
But that’s literally thousands of years in the past when the Lord of the Rings takes place, and if these people really bought that then they are deeply gullible and should never have worked in security tech.
A company that has aimed from inception to create an invasive, all-pervasive surveillance system, and which is named after a cursed object used by a villain to engage in invasive surveillance. Too bad they lost their moral compass.
Double standards have been running wild now these last three decades more than ever, since the world wide web, where average people have direct access to live information.
FEMA tents at COVID panic centers were a test run for Reagan's Rex84!
Incrementalism, bit by bit
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I work in an industry adjacent to Palantir. I once went to a conference where they had a gift for attendees of a black box with only the Palantir logo slapped on the side and I've never felt more threatened by a piece of marketing slop.
i usually have more than the recommended dose of empathy for ppl coming to their senses late but SOMEONE ELSE is going to have to be on the welcoming committee for these particular sentient floor legos
Meanwhile, in the UK, they have access to medical data from the single-payer system. Started during tory days, but nobody’s remotely suggested it can be ended. They’re a deeply evil company. Shudder.
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Like how one of the earliest live streams was of a coffee pot to see if it was done
Now we live stream fucks like Andrew Tate who fill gullible brains with evil.
FEMA tents at COVID panic centers were a test run for Reagan's Rex84!
Incrementalism, bit by bit
Thread
https://bsky.app/profile/o0ned.bsky.social/post/3loi5ryfh5k27