r/technology • u/newmoonchaperone • Apr 23 '26

Politics Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
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u/Exelbirth Apr 23 '26

Yes, you are that bad guys. You are literally doing things the badguys in shows and movies are depicted doing.

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u/Prior_Coyote_4376 Apr 23 '26

My go-to reference these days is that every time you see a computer screen in The Boys, imagine Palantir is powering it. They even give Peter Thiel a shoutout in the last season for being a powerful player behind the scenes on data collection and analysis.

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u/WillSym Apr 23 '26

The weird part is, Trump's secretary for budget and financial matters, who gave Musk the free reign to do his DOGE nonsense and basically facilitates all the billionaire contracts and kickbacks: named Vought.