Tuesday, January 27, 2026

"At least it's an ethos..."

Employees at the surveillance company Palantir are apparently uneasy about one of the company's high profile clients:
In a Saturday thread on Slack discussing Pretti’s killing, Palantir workers questioned both the ethics and the business logic of continuing the company’s work with ICE.
I mean, given the company's entire portfolio is creepy-ass panopticon data mining stuff, it feels a little weird that this is the bridge too far.
“I mean, I’m proud to serve the White Hand,” said Ugluk the Uruk Hai, “The pay’s good and we get double rations of hafling tenderloin on Fridays, but nobody said anything about doing contract work for Sauron.”