ICE Is Reportedly Putting ICE Observers, Protesters in a Palantir Database
Palantir, of course, is right-wing Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s notorious data firm explicitly named after an all-seeing orb in The Lord of the Rings that a godlike being of pure evil, Sauron, uses to spy on enemies and gaslight elves. ICE agents shot and killed a 25-year-old father named Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine in July during a summer surge in ICE operations that drew nationwide outrage. Immigration authorities have shot at least 21 people during Trump’s second term, resulting in at least 10-11 deaths.
- ▪Palantir, of course, is right-wing Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s notorious data firm explicitly named after an all-seeing orb in The Lord of the Rings that a godlike being of pure evil, Sauron, uses to spy on enemies and gaslight
- ▪ICE agents shot and killed a 25-year-old father named Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine in July during a summer surge in ICE operations that drew nationwide outrage.
- ▪Immigration authorities have shot at least 21 people during Trump’s second term, resulting in at least 10-11 deaths.
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- ▪ ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database — WIRED — Security
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Department of Homeland Security agents compiled extensive dossiers on people observing Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in the field, then stored them in a system called the Investigative Case Management (ICM) designed and managed by Palantir Technologies, according to Wired.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000821153","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"privacy-and-security","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"privacy-and-security","TAGS":"department-of-homeland-security,dhs,ice,immigration,palantir","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The magazine’s report on Friday stems from…
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