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.