Comment by mbesto
1 year ago
> basically reacting to negative branding.
I am not. Palantir not only brands themselves as providing data analysis for governments but they also actually sell those tools too.
1 year ago
> basically reacting to negative branding.
I am not. Palantir not only brands themselves as providing data analysis for governments but they also actually sell those tools too.
What is the impact of that relative to the other products and commerce you participate in? What would happen if Palantir didn’t exist?
Do you call your gas company to make sure they didn’t buy from OPEC?
> What is the impact of that relative to the other products and commerce you participate in?
The impact is exactly what is pointed out in the article - someone in the local police department could use it against me.
> Do you call your gas company to make sure they didn’t buy from OPEC?
No, because that doesn't affect me.
See, you keep clinging to some morality claim, and I am explicitly not. I am saying that there is potentially a direct impact on abuse against me personally.
"Oh, you're taking a stand on one thing? Explain why you don't take a stand on everything!"
If you were interested in reducing harm you would ask this kind of question. If you are just interested in avoiding things that have a bad image, then you wont.
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