▲ 808 ▼ ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day (www.404media.co) submitted 11 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 169 comments fedilink hide all child comments Archive: https://archive.is/wfmdL
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 58 points 11 months ago (1 child) This reminds me of something... What was it... Hmm... permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tonytins@pawb.social [S] 26 points 11 months ago (1 child) And that was before the NSA leaks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children) And in case it wasn't already clear enough how absurd this all is, the creeps at Palantir are now actually so brazen as to officially call one of their mass surveillance systems "Project Gotham"...brave new world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) I guess calling it "Project Barad Dur" was a bit too on the nose after they named themselves Palantir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago Yes, maybe a bit much, but it would have been very fitting, since the marketing is obviously aimed specifically at the villains of the world—perhaps for the next project. It's quite telling of the times we live in that you can make it so obvious these days. You'd think that at least some concealment of the intentions behind these mass surveillance products would be appropriate, but I guess with people like Trump in the White House, Putin in the Kremlin, Netanyahu in Israel, and many others of that caliber, it's no longer necessary. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago They're openly mocking us being dumbfounded and complacent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tonytins@pawb.social [S] 26 points 11 months ago (1 child) And that was before the NSA leaks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children) And in case it wasn't already clear enough how absurd this all is, the creeps at Palantir are now actually so brazen as to officially call one of their mass surveillance systems "Project Gotham"...brave new world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) I guess calling it "Project Barad Dur" was a bit too on the nose after they named themselves Palantir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago Yes, maybe a bit much, but it would have been very fitting, since the marketing is obviously aimed specifically at the villains of the world—perhaps for the next project. It's quite telling of the times we live in that you can make it so obvious these days. You'd think that at least some concealment of the intentions behind these mass surveillance products would be appropriate, but I guess with people like Trump in the White House, Putin in the Kremlin, Netanyahu in Israel, and many others of that caliber, it's no longer necessary. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago They're openly mocking us being dumbfounded and complacent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago (2 children) And in case it wasn't already clear enough how absurd this all is, the creeps at Palantir are now actually so brazen as to officially call one of their mass surveillance systems "Project Gotham"...brave new world. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) I guess calling it "Project Barad Dur" was a bit too on the nose after they named themselves Palantir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago Yes, maybe a bit much, but it would have been very fitting, since the marketing is obviously aimed specifically at the villains of the world—perhaps for the next project. It's quite telling of the times we live in that you can make it so obvious these days. You'd think that at least some concealment of the intentions behind these mass surveillance products would be appropriate, but I guess with people like Trump in the White House, Putin in the Kremlin, Netanyahu in Israel, and many others of that caliber, it's no longer necessary. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago They're openly mocking us being dumbfounded and complacent. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 17 points 11 months ago (1 child) I guess calling it "Project Barad Dur" was a bit too on the nose after they named themselves Palantir. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago Yes, maybe a bit much, but it would have been very fitting, since the marketing is obviously aimed specifically at the villains of the world—perhaps for the next project. It's quite telling of the times we live in that you can make it so obvious these days. You'd think that at least some concealment of the intentions behind these mass surveillance products would be appropriate, but I guess with people like Trump in the White House, Putin in the Kremlin, Netanyahu in Israel, and many others of that caliber, it's no longer necessary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DandomRude@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago Yes, maybe a bit much, but it would have been very fitting, since the marketing is obviously aimed specifically at the villains of the world—perhaps for the next project. It's quite telling of the times we live in that you can make it so obvious these days. You'd think that at least some concealment of the intentions behind these mass surveillance products would be appropriate, but I guess with people like Trump in the White House, Putin in the Kremlin, Netanyahu in Israel, and many others of that caliber, it's no longer necessary. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 11 months ago They're openly mocking us being dumbfounded and complacent. permalink fedilink source parent
