Police in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg are to be allowed to use the analysis software from US firm Palantir, which is controversial among data protection advocates
The software was specifically developed for security agencies and is used by intelligence services, the military and police.
Palantir was founded in 2003 in the United States, notably by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. He is known for his libertarian and conservative positions, his closeness to US President Donald Trump and his criticism of liberal democracies.
Yeah so the other day here on Lemmy I was arguing that they’re trying to oust the Spanish left-leaning government over using Huawei antennas but no one is gonna get more than a few headlines for using fucking Palantir.
Pretty sure the Spanish government is corrupt as fuck and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Huawei deal was shady af, but why does the usage of Palantir and Pegasus, etc. not have any consequences at all? This is literally the prequel to fascist total observation and everybody just rolls along with it because it’s American big tech.
Great to see all of the global neoliberal political class abandon any semblance of morality or virtue and embrace the most criminally corrupt evangelical fascists America has to offer, and their fascist tools of mass surveillance and oppression, exactly like they did right up to WW2, and ever since.
Remember, IBM catalogued the jews for the nazis, because profits are more important than morals or ethics…
I’m just glad it’s not Bavaria (yet) for a change
Please allow me to end your 30 minutes of happiness.
The German states of Bavaria, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia also rely on the software, but they have adapted their police laws accordingly.
Damn. That’s what I get for not reading the article.
Of course palantir is also not called palantir here. It runs under the names “Hessendata” and “VeRA” and its the light version of the official “gotham”.
Don’t worry Mossad money will change that soon enough.
