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Palantir, considered one of the most secretive firms in Silicon Valley, does highly confidential work for U.S. defense and intelligence agencies, helping them track down terrorists and uncover financial fraud. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/22/palantir-ordered-to-open-books-to-investor-seeking-u-s-fraud-probe.html
This is where Kushner comes in. Kushner evidently picked up the phone right there in the middle of the meeting and called Marillyn Hewson, the CEO of Lockheed Martin and straight-up asked her if she could give the Saudis a discount. https://www.vox.com/2017/5/20/15626638/trump-saudi-arabia-arms-deal
You will know the Trump deal is real when Israel begins to ask for a package to keep the Israeli Defense Forces’ qualitative edge preserved. What is coming soon is a billion-dollars deal for more munitions for the war in Yemen. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/markaz/2017/06/05/the-110-billion-arms-deal-to-saudi-arabia-is-fake-news/
1/ "The Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI) pulls data from federal, state and local law-enforcement databases to create individual profiles and citizens thought to represent a risk are tracked. The database includes personal details, social connections and travel-"
2/ "-histories, according to documents.
The fear is that the same system can be used to develop the Muslim registry Trump promised on the campaign trail. As such, the protestors want Palantir to do as Facebook, Google, Apple and others have promised, and refuse to have
The fear is that the same system can be used to develop the Muslim registry Trump promised on the campaign trail. As such, the protestors want Palantir to do as Facebook, Google, Apple and others have promised, and refuse to have
3/ "-anything to do with such a system.
Similarly, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office has paid Palantir tens of millions of dollars to create a system called Falcon that combines and analyzes databases covering family relationships, immigration, addresses,-"
Similarly, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office has paid Palantir tens of millions of dollars to create a system called Falcon that combines and analyzes databases covering family relationships, immigration, addresses,-"
4/ "-criminal records and employment information. Protestors are concerned that Falcon will be used by Trump's proposed "deportation force" to identify and eject people living illegally in the United States." https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/01/17/techs_protest_possible_muslim_db/
(0) "The federal government offers all deported parents the chance to take their children with them, but Ramos said she was ordered to sign a waiver to leave Alexa behind. "The agent put his hand on mine, he held my hand, he forced me to sign," she said". https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/23/trump-agenda-boosts-secretive-tech-firms-palantir-and-amazon-leading-to-a-fight/
1/4 "Palantir, co-founded by polarizing Silicon Valley figure Peter Thiel, is building the case-management software for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, technology that “allows immigration agents to scour regional, local, state, and federal databases across the country,-"
2/4"-build profiles of immigrants and their friends and family based on both private and public information, and use those profiles to surveil, track, and ultimately deport immigrants,” the report alleged.
Amazons world-dominant cloud services unit hosts state and federal data-"
Amazons world-dominant cloud services unit hosts state and federal data-"
3/4 "-systems “key to immigration enforcement,” including Palantir’s case-management system, and Amazon Web Services also sells cloud services to state law enforcement agencies that share information with the Department of Homeland Security, the report said.
Also named-"
Also named-"
4/4 "-and shamed in the report is an East Bay company, Forensic Logic of Walnut Creek, which owns COPLINK software, a tool intended to help authorities predict where and when crimes will happen, and even who might commit them". https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/23/trump-agenda-boosts-secretive-tech-firms-palantir-and-amazon-leading-to-a-fight/
1/7 "Between October 2015, the month before the Paris terror attacks, and October 2016, French intelligence services spied on 20,282 people, including 9,624 (47 percent) of them "in accordance with terrorism prevention [rules]".
2/7"But wiretapping, video surveillance, and shadowing people remained insufficient to counter the threat.
The French authorities believed it was necessary to work with Palantir even though the issue was sensitive."
The French authorities believed it was necessary to work with Palantir even though the issue was sensitive."
3/7"Palantir provides services to US security agencies - the CIA, the NSA, and the FBI - as well as to the US army and special forces.
While Palantir is close to US intelligence, its bosses are close to Trump."
While Palantir is close to US intelligence, its bosses are close to Trump."
4/7 "On 15 December 2016, a month after his election, the US president met the bosses of America’s IT giants - from Apple and Google to Amazon and Yahoo.
According to the New York Times, the meeting was "orchestrated by Mr. Thiel-"
According to the New York Times, the meeting was "orchestrated by Mr. Thiel-"
5/7 "-and "the president-elect caressed Mr. Thiel’s hand so affectionately that body language experts went into a frenzy."
Also a co-founder of the online payment firm PayPal, Thiel gave $1.25 million to Trump’s presidential campaign last year and is one of the US president's-"
Also a co-founder of the online payment firm PayPal, Thiel gave $1.25 million to Trump’s presidential campaign last year and is one of the US president's-"
6/7"-closest advisers for IT issues - the New York Times called him "Trump’s tech pal".
Thiel was a speaker at the Republican National Convention in August last year, when Trump was formally chosen as the party's presidential candidate.
Although the French intelligence source-"
Thiel was a speaker at the Republican National Convention in August last year, when Trump was formally chosen as the party's presidential candidate.
Although the French intelligence source-"
7/7 "-insisted that Palantir was not in charge of collecting information, France accepts the fact that the US, through the company, now has access to the most sensitive information on French counter-terrorism. https://euobserver.com/beyond-brussels/138155
Denmark: 1/3 "Anledningen er, at politiet til sommer ruller et nyt »supervåben« ud i form af IT-systemet Polintel. Og det vil være intet mindre end en »revolution« af det danske politi, fortæller politidirektøren.
Politiet har indkøbt IT-systemet for et trecifret millionbeløb,-"
Politiet har indkøbt IT-systemet for et trecifret millionbeløb,-"
2/3 "-og det vil blive det hidtil største skridt ind i et moderniseret politikorps, hvor man bruger »big data« aktivt i jagten på forbrydere, forklarer Svend Larsen:
»Det bliver et kvantespring ind i et moderne politi.«
Ifølge ham er en af systemets væsentligste funktioner,-"
»Det bliver et kvantespring ind i et moderne politi.«
Ifølge ham er en af systemets væsentligste funktioner,-"
3/3 "-at det vil gøre politiet i stand til langt hurtigere at bearbejde data, når der er sket en forbrydelse. Konkret sker det ved, at systemet samler alle de oplysninger, som politiet i dag har liggende i en række forskellige registre," https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/dansk-politi-advarer-forbrydere-vi-er-klar-med-et-supervaaben
Norway :
"Politiet erstattet Lotus Notes med «Gotham» fra Palantir. Slik kan de søke lynraskt i 300 millioner fingeravtrykk" https://www.digi.no/artikler/politiet-erstattet-lotus-notes-med-gotham-fra-palantir-slik-kan-de-soke-lynraskt-i-300-millioner-fingeravtrykk/412097
"Politiet erstattet Lotus Notes med «Gotham» fra Palantir. Slik kan de søke lynraskt i 300 millioner fingeravtrykk" https://www.digi.no/artikler/politiet-erstattet-lotus-notes-med-gotham-fra-palantir-slik-kan-de-soke-lynraskt-i-300-millioner-fingeravtrykk/412097
SO NOW THE CDC, NHS, FRANCE, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA & GERMANY ARE ALL USING PALANTIR TO TRACK INFECTIONS. https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/01/palantir-coronavirus-cdc-nhs-gotham-foundry/
1/2
Because naturally...
https://theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-dominic-cummings-on-secret-scientific-advisory-group-for-covid-19
Because naturally...
https://theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/24/revealed-dominic-cummings-on-secret-scientific-advisory-group-for-covid-19
2/2
So you handed your entire citizenrys private financial, social interactions & medical information to Neo-Nazis and now a disproportionate amount of your minority population is dying to a plague of indeterminate origin.
Who'd a thunk it?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/uk-government-using-confidential-patient-data-in-coronavirus-response
So you handed your entire citizenrys private financial, social interactions & medical information to Neo-Nazis and now a disproportionate amount of your minority population is dying to a plague of indeterminate origin.
Who'd a thunk it?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/12/uk-government-using-confidential-patient-data-in-coronavirus-response
1/2
So Liberia has more contact tracers than the US?
This
is the thing that is just absolutely inexcusable for me:
The "greatest minds" of silicon Valley all descend on western governments to push their software as the only way to trace #COVID19 spread. https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1253050817113972738?s=19
So Liberia has more contact tracers than the US?
This
is the thing that is just absolutely inexcusable for me:The "greatest minds" of silicon Valley all descend on western governments to push their software as the only way to trace #COVID19 spread. https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1253050817113972738?s=19
2/2
Palantir even offers UK free service. Yet there's no evidence anyone is actually being traced. So why isn't Trump's primary donor and primary data tracer of US Intel doing this at home first?
And whats the purpose of their "single source of truth"? https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1254875969254539265?s=19
Palantir even offers UK free service. Yet there's no evidence anyone is actually being traced. So why isn't Trump's primary donor and primary data tracer of US Intel doing this at home first?
And whats the purpose of their "single source of truth"? https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1254875969254539265?s=19
1/2
Theres a 50 + thread still in progress on this, but not having access to actual WiFi means I only have 4G to source research. And after the last device update, I seemingly got fake software & this device started acting iffy, cutting off some access to both G-disk & Twitter.
Theres a 50 + thread still in progress on this, but not having access to actual WiFi means I only have 4G to source research. And after the last device update, I seemingly got fake software & this device started acting iffy, cutting off some access to both G-disk & Twitter.
2/2
I mean have you ever heard of or seen someone open a temp archive INSIDE a Zip archive? 
On top of that this devices in-app search started bugging this week; it still "works", but scrolling down now somehow sends me back to the top. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1261998882499821569?s=19
I mean have you ever heard of or seen someone open a temp archive INSIDE a Zip archive? On top of that this devices in-app search started bugging this week; it still "works", but scrolling down now somehow sends me back to the top. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1261998882499821569?s=19
The level of sophistication it would take to engage in the type of cyberstalking and persistent hacking that I experience you'd think was reserved to state actors. Even my cable company was stumped. Here's a pic of my router signaling it's online while only plugged into power.
1/8
So as this report shows in gruesome detail it's not that unheard of that a Fortune 500 tech company would cyberstalk and harass their detractors.
So as this report shows in gruesome detail it's not that unheard of that a Fortune 500 tech company would cyberstalk and harass their detractors.
2/8
@Ebay followed these people around while listening to police scanners, so they could disappear if they were reported. They even tried breaking into their house to plant a GPS tracker in their car. https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/
@Ebay followed these people around while listening to police scanners, so they could disappear if they were reported. They even tried breaking into their house to plant a GPS tracker in their car. https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/
3/8
Just read this @WIRED article. https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/
Just read this @WIRED article. https://www.wired.com/story/ebay-employees-charged-cyberstalking-harassment-campaign/
4/8
Now I haven't reported on Ebay a whole lot(if any) but as I've detailed here, I've done a great deal of independent reporting about US tech companies & Facebook & Palantir's role in the 2016 US election manipulation. Both have a history of doing this. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1205883626472247297?s=19
Now I haven't reported on Ebay a whole lot(if any) but as I've detailed here, I've done a great deal of independent reporting about US tech companies & Facebook & Palantir's role in the 2016 US election manipulation. Both have a history of doing this. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1205883626472247297?s=19
5/8
But In order to fully explain how pervasive this practice really is amongst US monopolies. I'll have to lay out how these massive corporations are all subject to US oversight. And how utterly corrupted that process has become. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1272948208789065729?s=19
But In order to fully explain how pervasive this practice really is amongst US monopolies. I'll have to lay out how these massive corporations are all subject to US oversight. And how utterly corrupted that process has become. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1272948208789065729?s=19
6/8
This isn't one company's doing, and it's not just a culture problem. This is systemic. They monitor and pilfer poor citizens under guise of doing lawful "counter-intel" investigations, drug enforcement or any manner of clandestine activity. @Stortinget https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1228037346010025984?s=19
This isn't one company's doing, and it's not just a culture problem. This is systemic. They monitor and pilfer poor citizens under guise of doing lawful "counter-intel" investigations, drug enforcement or any manner of clandestine activity. @Stortinget https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1228037346010025984?s=19
7/8
Then "retired" Intel operatives just take the stolen intellectual property and launder it through think tanks, policy institutes, public relations firms or even Fortune500 companies and prestige educational institutions. It is "socialism for the rich". https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1170458444773675009?s=19
Then "retired" Intel operatives just take the stolen intellectual property and launder it through think tanks, policy institutes, public relations firms or even Fortune500 companies and prestige educational institutions. It is "socialism for the rich". https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1170458444773675009?s=19
8/8
It's not just that it's mandated by law how commercial technology must have in-built security flaws also exploitable by criminals. This system exploits young people to do the bidding of state-protected oligarchs.
This is technological enslavement. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1272941643839176709?s=19
It's not just that it's mandated by law how commercial technology must have in-built security flaws also exploitable by criminals. This system exploits young people to do the bidding of state-protected oligarchs.
This is technological enslavement. https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1272941643839176709?s=19
1/7
In light of the new indictment of Facebook I thought, (in spite of me having far more extensive threads on Facebook's criminality & anti-democratic activity), I'd re-up this thread to highlight that there really is a culture issue at the heart of this.
In light of the new indictment of Facebook I thought, (in spite of me having far more extensive threads on Facebook's criminality & anti-democratic activity), I'd re-up this thread to highlight that there really is a culture issue at the heart of this.
2/7
As I've shared previously, when Facebook hired GOP "gotcha-outfit" Definers to fuel anti-semitic tropes against George Soros and use them to attack critics by arguing they were on Soros payroll. FB was taking a page straight out of Manaforts playbook. https://www.timesofisrael.com/manafort-senior-israeli-spread-anti-semitism-story-to-hurt-ukraine-politician/
As I've shared previously, when Facebook hired GOP "gotcha-outfit" Definers to fuel anti-semitic tropes against George Soros and use them to attack critics by arguing they were on Soros payroll. FB was taking a page straight out of Manaforts playbook. https://www.timesofisrael.com/manafort-senior-israeli-spread-anti-semitism-story-to-hurt-ukraine-politician/
3/7
I've covered this extensively in the past and showed how Facebook’s action mirrored how Viktor Orban used the Israeli private Intel agency Black cube to do the same against his critics in Hungary.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html
I've covered this extensively in the past and showed how Facebook’s action mirrored how Viktor Orban used the Israeli private Intel agency Black cube to do the same against his critics in Hungary.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html
4/7
I think we need more focus on former "Brooks Brother" & Bush staffer, now turned Facebook’s chief election observer, Joel Kaplans role in this. But what all of this shows is Facebooks unscrupulous disregard for law, democracy & freedom of speech. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-admits-definers-pr-george-soros-critics-sandberg-zuckerberg
I think we need more focus on former "Brooks Brother" & Bush staffer, now turned Facebook’s chief election observer, Joel Kaplans role in this. But what all of this shows is Facebooks unscrupulous disregard for law, democracy & freedom of speech. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/21/facebook-admits-definers-pr-george-soros-critics-sandberg-zuckerberg
5/7
Which is not uniquely reserved to Facebook alone. When Amazon executives (including Bezos) was found to have planned an elaborate smear campaign against a fired warehouse worker earlier this year, it barely made the headlines. https://gothamist.com/news/amazons-plan-smear-and-silence-fired-worker-failed-country-needs-wake
Which is not uniquely reserved to Facebook alone. When Amazon executives (including Bezos) was found to have planned an elaborate smear campaign against a fired warehouse worker earlier this year, it barely made the headlines. https://gothamist.com/news/amazons-plan-smear-and-silence-fired-worker-failed-country-needs-wake
6/7
In the wake of this its revealed Amazon had hired the infamous union busting private intelligence agency Pinkerton detective agency to monitor & investigate its workers, chiefly in Europe, but presumably elsewhere as well.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements
In the wake of this
its revealed Amazon had hired the infamous union busting private intelligence agency Pinkerton detective agency to monitor & investigate its workers, chiefly in Europe, but presumably elsewhere as well. https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements
7/7
What I want to convey is that the excessive anti-competitive, allergy to criticism numerous US fortune 500 monopolist-behemoths have, is just not tolerable.
And although this case about senior Ebay executives is especially egregious, it's not isolated.
What I want to convey is that the excessive anti-competitive, allergy to criticism numerous US fortune 500 monopolist-behemoths have, is just not tolerable.
And although this case about senior Ebay executives is especially egregious, it's not isolated.
1/3
I was going to write another rather extensive thread today, but alas I seem to have taken an arrow to the knee.
And although Allthecitizens & Byline somehow omits this bit
(embedded tweet/thread not pictures).
https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1341769099278491650?s=19
I was going to write another rather extensive thread today, but alas I seem to have taken an arrow to the knee.
And although Allthecitizens & Byline somehow omits this bit
(embedded tweet/thread not pictures). https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1341769099278491650?s=19
2/3
They have published an excellent thread offering some further context to this bit https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1357383355952693251?s=19
They have published an excellent thread offering some further context to this bit
https://twitter.com/Fogfaaja/status/1357383355952693251?s=19
3/3
Please read, the conflagration of backroom deals & profiteers involved in the Brits Covid response is truly remarkable. https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1357676031424028676?s=19
Please read, the conflagration of backroom deals & profiteers involved in the Brits Covid response is truly remarkable.
https://twitter.com/allthecitizens/status/1357676031424028676?s=19
