Hey, I don't mean to distract from the important news of Greta thunbergs latest celebrity crush, but...
Remember when y'all were yelling about Biden using the vaccine to inject microchips into your bodies for tracking your movements? All that conspiracy crap that turned out bogus ?
Palantir is real. It creates an enormous, all seeing government database that collects data on everyone and feeds it to the ruling party of politicians to do whatever it wants.
Are we cool with this?
(Don't knock the source, the story's all over the Internet)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html
@wildgrass saidProbably. You should probably 'disappear'.
Palantir aka skynet aka an infinite deep state.
Should I be worried that palantir collected this post I wrote that was criticizing it, because it now has me on a list with all the rest of my data?
@Suzianne saidGoosebumps.
Probably. You should probably 'disappear'.
I remember when I was a kid the librarian made a point that the government could never find out which books I checked out because there were laws against that type of government surveillance. That is all out the window now, and it ain't because of the big bad libbies.
@wildgrass saidBrownshirts and goosesteppers.
Goosebumps.
I remember when I was a kid the librarian made a point that the government could never find out which books I checked out because there were laws against that type of government surveillance. That is all out the window now, and it ain't because of the big bad libbies.
I see it as an opportunity to improve the world.
Only need to win both houses in 2026.
That is, unless before then, this Congress approves its version of the Enabling Act, which gave Hitler control over the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
@wildgrass
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-database-palantir-dystopian-alarm-2079688
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The Times found that the company is now speaking with various other agencies, including the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with a focus on its Foundry product, a comprehensive data integration and analytics platform. Officials who spoke to the outlet said that the adoption of Foundry across numerous agencies would allow for the administration to seamlessly create a unified database of information across the federal government.
Trump signed an executive order in March calling for the elimination of barriers to intra-agency information sharing—"Information Silos"—which stated that "removing unnecessary barriers to federal employees accessing government data and promoting inter‑agency data sharing are important steps toward eliminating bureaucratic duplication and inefficiency."
Jason Bassler, co-founder of the government accountability-focused outlet The Free Thought Project, posted to X, formerly Twitter: "No, this Palantir database isn't like the others. It will combine: Tax filings, Student debt, Social Security, Bank accounts, Medical claims, Immigration status. No previous database system has ever centralized this much personal info across various federal agencies."
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@moonbus saidNuts. Imagine if the right wing echo chamber was amplifying this story instead of Greta thunbergs
@wildgrass
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-database-palantir-dystopian-alarm-2079688
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The Times found that the company is now speaking with various other agencies, including the SSA and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), with a focus on its Foundry product, a comprehensive data integration and analytics platform. Officials who spoke to the outlet said tha ...[text shortened]... ase system has ever centralized this much personal info across various federal agencies."
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Let's take the appraised valuation of all your properties and tax records and combine it into a single file with your gun registration, political donor history, bank records, criminal records, vehicle registration, social media presence, Amazon purchases and library card. Let's give all that information to an AI algorithm owned by a publicly traded company but controlled by the government on the pretext that it'll make government more efficient and hope the government doesnt do anything bad with it.
Right wingera used to detest this carp. Good on ya.
@wildgrass saidIt is a simple matter these days to track search engine keywords and IP addresses; the NSA already has the legal wherewithal to compel service providers to divulge everything they know about their customers (bank accounts, physical addresses, telephone numbers, Internet chat meta-data, etc.) without divulging to the customers that they are doing so (even U.S. Congressmen have been so tracked, without their knowledge); link up omniscient AI with a militantly evangelical agenda determined to prosecute anyone trying to find information about contraception or family planning, and an insurrectionist wannabe-president-for-life who dotes on Asian dictators, and it's a place you don't want to live in, visit on holiday, or buy products from. Yeah, I know, good riddance. The feeling's mutual.
Nuts. Imagine if the right wing echo chamber was amplifying this story instead of Greta thunbergs
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Let's take the appraised valuation of all your properties and tax records and combine it into a single file with your gun registration, political donor history, bank records, criminal records, vehicle registration, social media presence, Amazon purchases and library card. L ...[text shortened]... he government doesnt do anything bad with it.
Right wingera used to detest this carp. Good on ya.
@shavixmir saidThis is not the slim non-restrictive govt AvJoe claims to want. That is how I know Joe is not for real; he's a troll, probably on the KGB payroll.
Funny. I don’t hear many republicans whining about this.
And it is seriously dangerous. Mix it with the CIA/ NSA unlimited powers to retrieve any personal information from any server in the US, added with their ability to pass said information on and, voila, privacy no longer exists.
@shavixmir saidYou misunderestimate him; Joe's not dumb. Dumb are the ones who believe what he posts. He sure doesn't. Same goes for @MetalBrain.
I didn’t know the KGB recruited dumb arses.
Internet forums are being used by the enemies of freedom to induce ostensibly free people to legislate their own freedom out of existence. It saves the enemies of freedom from having to put boots on the ground and bombard cities with hypersonic missiles, which is messy and expensive. Hybrid warfare is easier and cheaper.
@Suzianne saidActually it gave Hitler control of the Reichstag... the institutions youementioned are post ww2
Brownshirts and goosesteppers.
I see it as an opportunity to improve the world.
Only need to win both houses in 2026.
That is, unless before then, this Congress approves its version of the Enabling Act, which gave Hitler control over the Bundestag and the Bundesrat.
@moonbus saidAgain, confusing in these times as it wasn't long ago I was taught about the dangers of government surveillance using my library card as an example. How quaint in these present times to think the government was recently not allowed to know what books I was reading.
It is a simple matter these days to track search engine keywords and IP addresses; the NSA already has the legal wherewithal to compel service providers to divulge everything they know about their customers (bank accounts, physical addresses, telephone numbers, Internet chat meta-data, etc.) without divulging to the customers that they are doing so (even U.S. Congressm ...[text shortened]... live in, visit on holiday, or buy products from. Yeah, I know, good riddance. The feeling's mutual.
Were those laws against excessive government surveillance overturned, rewritten or just ignored?
@wildgrass
George W. Bush overturned a lot of those laws in the wake of the attacks on 9/11, with the so-called Patriot Act. Librarians became obligated to report suspicious activities, such as checking out books about how to make improvised explosive devices, without, however, informing the person who checked out the books or even asked about them.