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Comment by dylan604

1 day ago

These are the same employees that willfully code the largest spy network on the planet, so it seems like they are willing to believe a lot

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HoldOnAMinute  1 day ago

Are they merging with Palantir any time soon?

  • cuuupid  17 hours ago

    I'd argue Meta is much worse:

    Palantir builds these systems for the US government which is (hopefully) something you can hold accountable / can reasonably trust.

    Meta builds these systems for itself to make digital cocaine and sell personal data to profit off everyone (including and moreso primarily the elderly and children). You can't hold them accountable, actually pretty much nobody can hold Zuckerberg accountable.

    When Palantir helps USG spy on the planet the primary purpose is defeat enemies + protect assets. When Meta builds these systems the primary purpose is digital cocaine.

    • pona-a  7 hours ago

      > When Palantir helps USG spy on the planet the primary purpose is defeat enemies + protect assets.

      I think it takes about the same amount of suspended disbelief to say that, as it takes a Facebook employee to believe the primary purpose of targeted ads is to connect customers and businesses.

    • dylan604  16 hours ago

      Does Palantir collect data or just analyze aggregated purchased data? I'm not familiar with the data collecting SDKs available as I don't whore out myself/my sites like that, so maybe there is a pipe directly from them????

      Either way, I'd definitely hold those directly responsible for collecting and selling of the data way worse than those that just make use of a product. It's like the war on drugs where those making say they will make as long as there are people wanting to buy

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  • kridsdale1  21 hours ago

    Meta people used to protest and demand Thiel be removed from the board all the time, in the 2010s. But it’s probably not like that anymore.

    • kingleopold  18 hours ago

      fun fact: they all made above $1-2 million, some even a lot more via meta stock. so after that they stopped doing that kind of thing. ethics can be bought it just have different price everyone.