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(DIR) Post #AudVMYMcP3ZUxCAb9k by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:25:34Z
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In March, #Trump signed an #ExecutiveOrder calling for the #FederalGovernment to share #data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal #information on Americans that could give him untold #surveillance #power.Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But behind the scenes, ofcls have quietly put technological building blocks into place to enable his plan.#law #privacy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #AbuseOfPowerhttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=54C7B29E-96F0-40DA-AF12-E515B86ED057
(DIR) Post #AudViQd9psVrLAKxCC by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:29:27Z
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In particular, they have turned to one company: #Palantir, the #data analysis & #technology firm.#Trump expanded Palantir’s work across the #FederalGovernment in recent months. The company has received >$113M in federal govt spending since Trump took office, acc/to public records, including additional funds from existing contracts as well as new contracts w/ #DHS & the #Pentagon. (Not including a $795M contract that the Dept of #Defense awarded the company last wk…)#law #privacy #surveillance
(DIR) Post #AudVmwtpnoDwZyIE40 by karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-05-31T00:30:19Z
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@Nonilex Sounds like a clear violation of 5 U.S. Code § 552a, particularly subsection (b) "Conditions of Disclosure"https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552a
(DIR) Post #AudVuvE7uByvhxaPHE by karlauerbach@sfba.social
2025-05-31T00:31:44Z
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@Nonilex Palantir - a company by Peter Thiel, who is Elon's mentor.
(DIR) Post #AudVxH0LuHiLpWGT4q by mike805@noc.social
2025-05-31T00:32:05Z
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@Nonilex Definitely a spook-adjacent company. There is also an intelligence-industrial complex.
(DIR) Post #AudVyFwDMHeKoLnWb2 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:32:22Z
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Reps of #Palantir are also speaking to at least 2 other agencies—#SocialSecurity [#SSA] & the #IRA — about buying its technology, acc/to 6 govt ofcls & Palantir employees w/knowledge of the discussions.The push has put a key #Palantir product called Foundry into at least 4 federal agencies, including #DHS & #HHS. Widely adopting Foundry, which organizes & analyzes #data, paves the way for #Trump to easily merge #information from different agencies, govt ofcls said.#law #privacy #surveillance
(DIR) Post #AudW0P6QFtqDoWb3TM by yuhasz01@mastodon.social
2025-05-31T00:32:44Z
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@Nonilex Palantir is a Peter Thiel company...he espouses corporate monarchy concept......anti-democracy but he will take government money....Frigging whack job with billion's of dollars.
(DIR) Post #AudW8bSeBtSoSYtyds by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:34:15Z
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Creating detailed portraits of Americans based on government #data is not just a pipe dream. The #Trump admin has already sought access to hundreds of data points on citizens & others through government databases, including their #bank account numbers, the amount of their #StudentDebt their #medical claims & any #disability status.#law #privacy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #surveillance #Palantir #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AudWJQWPCgANiWox9s by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:36:12Z
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#Trump could potentially use such #information to advance his political agenda by policing #immigrants & punishing #critics, Democratic lawmakers & critics have said. #Privacy advocates, #student #unions & #labor rights organizations have filed lawsuits to block data #access, questioning whether the government could #weaponize people’s personal information.#law #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #surveillance #Palantir #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AudWRCIZy5VDvE3iWe by yuhasz01@mastodon.social
2025-05-31T00:37:36Z
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@Nonilex Trumpo and MAGA building data infrastructure for a fascist state.......Extremely dangerous .....Priority goal for Project 2025 and Musk and DOGE program.
(DIR) Post #AudWU3hsMxuM8wFv1s by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:38:08Z
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#Palantir’s selection as a chief vendor for the project was driven by #ElonMusk’s Department of Government Efficiency, according to the government ofcls. At least 3 #DOGE members formerly worked at Palantir, while 2 others had worked at companies funded by #PeterThiel, an investor & a founder of Palantir.#law #privacy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #surveillance #Trump #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AudWcXWNP5FWvavA8G by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:39:39Z
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Some current & former #Palantir employees have been unnerved by the work. The company risks becoming the face of #Trump’s political agenda, 4 employees said, & could be vulnerable if #data on Americans is breached or hacked. Several tried to distance the company from the efforts, saying any decisions about a merged database of personal #information rest w/Trump & not the firm.#law #privacy #InfoSec #NationalSecurity #surveillance #Palantir #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AudWfPV7gA0kvFhftI by yuhasz01@mastodon.social
2025-05-31T00:40:10Z
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@Nonilex Musk has a long history with Peter Thiel in Silicon Valley, ie, paypal. They both are digital fascists......
(DIR) Post #AudWtBVgUftNaIXBKa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-05-31T00:42:32Z
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This month, 13 fmr employees signed a letter urging #Palantir to stop its endeavors w/ #Trump. Linda Xia, a signee who was a Palantir engineer until last year, said the problem was not w/the company’s #tech but w/how the Trump admin intended to use it.“#Data that is collected for one reason should not be repurposed for other uses,” Xia said. “Combining all that data, even with the noblest of intentions, significantly increases the risk of misuse.”#law #privacy #surveillance #AbuseOfPower
(DIR) Post #AudXL8SPRBzUDzKXKK by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-05-31T00:47:41Z
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@Nonilex Sounds like they know it is already hacked.
(DIR) Post #AudXPsHwyoJXWghKqG by yuhasz01@mastodon.social
2025-05-31T00:48:33Z
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@Nonilex Gina Neff: "...that current AI implementations embody four key anti-democratic characteristics: they represent power-ful technologies of centralization and control; they fuel ideologies of unchecked economic growth; they prioritize efficiency over accountability; and they enable absolute control coupled with unaccountable power. "
(DIR) Post #AudXZPhw67GJmQOvtg by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2025-05-31T00:50:15Z
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@Nonilex Noblest of intentions? What a laugh. They named their company after fictional artifacts that mislead users to their doom!
(DIR) Post #Audc0HIfrd75L9eOXo by huntingdon@mstdn.social
2025-05-31T01:39:56Z
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@Nonilex The infamous Revolving Door has metastasized. It used to be limited to seconding private sector courtiers from corporations to govt and back again, to the benefit of the former and detriment of the latter.It now seems to have become a triangle, involving more than one corporation and the govt. The USG remains the loser.
(DIR) Post #AuddpBDkKKRtCxBIhs by sstrader@masto.ai
2025-05-31T02:00:21Z
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@Nonilex I'm not saying it was aliens... but it was aliens.
(DIR) Post #AugJWC17j6EIZCpGAC by spdrnl@sigmoid.social
2025-06-01T08:56:56Z
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@Nonilex Karp is trying to give that enterprise and Thiel legitimacy with some philosophical creds. Only he studied sociology, did not really cooperate with Habermas, and his doctoral thesis has been called crappy.More smoke and mirrors. Karp is not the eccentric savant he claims to be.
(DIR) Post #AugnRmHcSZkEDlLuGO by BagOfNails@mastodon.social
2025-06-01T14:32:18Z
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@Nonilex Wasn't that the reason for DODGE??? The people way smarter than trump understand if you control citizens you control the economy. I'd bet Miller and the Project 2025 folks are already planning that. It is an action that dates back to when humans came down out of the trees. Probably sooner!