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Palantir's Gotham software criticized for extensive user tracking

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Critics are raising concerns about Palantir's Gotham software, describing it as a tool that integrates various data sources like vehicle tracking, signal intercepts, and personal records. This fusion allows for comprehensive "pattern-of-life" analysis, mapping individuals, locations, and their connections over time. The software's capabilities have drawn attention from civil liberties advocates due to its potential for extensive user tracking. AI

IMPACT Raises concerns about the extent of user tracking and data integration capabilities in AI-powered surveillance tools.

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Palantir's Gotham software criticized for extensive user tracking

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · butzdog ·

    "Civil liberties critics describe Palantir Gotham as fusing vehicle tracks, signal intercepts, biographic records, and secretly tracking users into a single ont

    "Civil liberties critics describe Palantir Gotham as fusing vehicle tracks, signal intercepts, biographic records, and secretly tracking users into a single ontology — mapping people, places, and relationships over time. That's pattern-of-life analysis..." # privacy # palantir # …

    LINKS tech.yahoo.com/…/palantir-ai-fuses-satell…

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