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German police expands use of Palantir surveillance software

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Pro@programming.dev⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://posteo.de/en/news/germany-police-in-baden-w%C3%BCrttemberg-will-be-able-to-use-palantir

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    What is it with the world’s government’s trying so hard to spy on their citizens and become police states? What are they afraid of…

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    • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Their owners.

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      • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Im actually pretty sure they’re afraid of the populous.

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  • TingoTenga@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Sounds like a very sovereign and responsible decision.

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  • workerONE@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    “The Gotham platform can link together various police databases and automatically analyze their contents. Critics point out however that the software is a “black box” – how it functions is not clearly known.”

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    • Dojan@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I can’t help but laugh at the names they’ve chosen. They know that they’re the bad guys and embrace it.

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  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    A likely illegal use is missing.

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  • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    In the Epic of Gilgamesh billionaires' capture of government is illustrated.

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      always has been

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      • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        A tale as old as written time, and probably before then.

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    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A tale older than myth.

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  • Cobrachicken@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    TIL they have a news section.

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