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cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/55172156

The renewed contract will see Palantir continue to provide the DGSI agency with its "proprietary software platform, as well as the integration, support and assistance services that are necessary for... deployment and operational use," it said in a statement.

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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Incredible that they're still contracting an American company (one that is known to be controlled by particularly corrupt oligarchs) instead of building out their own capabilities.

[–] Attacker94@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know how it operates under French law, but governments have been tending to use palantir's services since it let's them circumvent the procedure for issuing a warrant since a lot of the laws that require warrants to be procured were written in such a way that assumes that the government would be the only ones able to spy on their citizens, and thus make no provisions against corporations spying on people.

[–] Digit@lemmy.wtf 9 points 3 weeks ago

US tech firm Palantir [A.K.A Total Information Awareness] extends deal with French intelligence agency

Oh fuuuuuuuck!

Fuuuuck! Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuck Fuuuuck!

People of France, don your yellow vests again!

Peuple français, enfilez à nouveau vos gilets jaunes !

[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Doomsday cult Palantir? I guess there are no scruples anymore so long as the other guy has what you want, I personally would think twice about having dealings with a company where the founder is giving private lectures about the antichrist.