Germany snubs #Palantir, chooses French supplier for internal intelligence agency

[kierkegaanks@beige.party]

@jim The ghost of Thiel’s grandfather must be fuhrious

[proscience@toot.community]

@jim

Many "Bundesländer", however, either use already Palantir, or are about to acquire/use it.

[minentromaxinfo@defcon.social]

@jim At this point relying on anything from an American owned tech company is madness.

[jim@social.openrightsgroup.org]

@proscience I guess that is the problem with devolution?

[proscience@toot.community]

@jim

Indeed, it can be a downside.

But it's a lesson from the 1930s, so at least IMV, it's worth keeping.

And Lower-Saxony, for example. purposefully decided against Palantir, and when the latter published their tech fascistic manifesto, Lower-Saxony's official response to the press was something along the lines of "we feel vindicated to have rejected Palantir".

[markus@toot.orchid-cottage.uk]

@jim Yay Palantir just pronounced french. Aren't we damn fucking lucky.

[yacc143@mastodon.social]

@jim It's not “witchcraft” (nice typo, btw), but German experience with the Nazis and their abuse of databases (back then mostly in paper form, but they already used US-provided Hollerith systems too) for prosecuting minorities.

Oh right, the American right does not consider the Nazis necessarily the bad guys anymore, isn't it so? And the Peter Thiel faction.

#USPolitics #depol

[gimulnautti@mastodon.green]

@jim Palantir is a huge security risk. Due to connections to MAGA, it is inevitably connected Russia. Now think about what that means for European military security!
#nafo

[kevin@dice.camp]

@jim This is a very specific niche but it would be funny if TrumpXTechnofascists kill off the global software/services market.

[fosfene@mastodon.social]

@jim

Palantir's founders Alex Karp (CEO) and Peter Thiel (chairman) are fascists, and the Palantir Manifesto reflects that:
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-explicit-manifesto-of-digital-fascism-palantir-and-the-alliance-of-monopoly-capital-with-the-far-right/

They are evil. The world order they strive for is something akin to Russia, where fascist oligarchs rule with impunity.

[mathieui@piaille.fr]

@jim meanwhile, French intelligence service chooses... Palantir

[scubyw@mastodon.nz]

@jim
https://social.openrightsgroup.org/@jim/116579574809291383
It's not a snub. It's common sense as the US uses all information they gather to their own advantage.

[ponygirl@mastodon.social]

@jim Can you say "eat the rich" in German??

[ponygirl@mastodon.social]

@mathieui @jim C'est dommage.

[yacc143@mastodon.social]

@jim It's BTW the ugly historical argument behind the continental European “fetish” with privacy and the GDPR.

[xs4me2@mastodon.social]

@jim

Great development. Get rid of these retrofascists…

[xyhhx@social.treehouse.systems]

@jim yeah but did you look up who they opted for? better, sure. but not by much

[beachbum@mastodon.sdf.org]

@jim Good idea Germany.