ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
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#2Elon Musk did the biggest data heist of all times.
Re: ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
#3Elon Musk did the biggest data heist of all times.
Doesn’t appear to be related.
Re: ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
#4Elon Musk did the biggest data heist of all times.
I’m not sure I’d even call it that.
It was obvious and happened in broad daylight in front of everyone. But much the ICE assaults, there isn’t much Americans can really do about it.
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#6Private surveillance is so much more scary than regular government surveillance because they have every incentive to invent new ways of surveilling you that they then try to sell to governments, or private actors who want to influence the world. It's like classic government surveillance but every company you interacted with and every app you use may at some point turn on you and use your data against you, just because someone realized "hey, I bet we can sell this data"
We are really seeing the fears of data collection from the 2000s and 2010s come to fruition as privatized surveillance now. Cambridge analytica should have been the warning shot but it wasn't enough.
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#7Private surveillance is so much more scary than regular government surveillance because they have every incentive to invent new ways of surveilling you that they then try to sell to governments, or private actors who want to influence the world. It's like classic government surveillance but every company you interacted with and every app you use may at some point turn on you and use your data against you, just becaus…
> Private surveillance is so much more scary than regular government surveillance because ...
... because the private sector tends to be far more competent and able to get shit done fast and effectively.
Re: ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
#8Part of the Miranda warning is "anything you say can and will be used against you." I think of the "will be" part as a lie, because they're usually not that diligent or competent even when they're that malicious. But it's still a good heuristic when it comes to giving your PII to the government. I used to be an outlier conspiracy theorist for believing that. To those coming around to it, welcome.
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#9The "small government" conservatives really showed their true faces in 2025 and 2026. Anyone espousing these ideas will not be taken seriously by me going forward.
Re: ICE and Palantir: US agents using health data to hunt illegal immigrants
#10Private surveillance is so much more scary than regular government surveillance because they have every incentive to invent new ways of surveilling you that they then try to sell to governments, or private actors who want to influence the world. It's like classic government surveillance but every company you interacted with and every app you use may at some point turn on you and use your data against you, just becaus…
> Private surveillance is so much more scary than regular government surveillance because ... ... because the private sector tends to be far more competent and able to get shit done fast and effectively.
Structurally it’s about incentives not competency.