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Where does Palantir get the data from to begin with? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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They don't have a social media service, right? So where do they get the data to train their AI models ? Surely they need a lot, right? It would be nice if the public knew who cooperates with them (other than governments) and just boycott their services, or at least pressure them.

If company X doesn't offer your data to governments officials, but offers them to Palantir which makes a profile of you that it offer to the same officials, isn't that even worse ?

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[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hear this crazy thought:

be as anonymous as you can and don't share your personal data over the internet.

[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Even if you never went online, heaps of data about you is collected and sold.

ALPRs collect and sell your car's movement and location data.
Stores you shop at collect identity data and share your purchases and consumer behaviors, even when you pay cash.
Banks and financial institutions share information about your assets, financial holdings, purchases, and electronic transactions.
Governments mandate that all sorts of information about you is public.

And if you are online, the "be as anonymous as you can and don’t share your personal data over the internet." statement makes it sound easy, which is far from true. It's a constant game of whack-a-mole where one needs incredibly disciplined to compartmentalize and segregate login sessions across browsers and devices. If one isn't technically skilled and constantly vigilant, it's a losing battle. That's why awareness and campaigns that support privacy focused regulation are important.

[–] kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 days ago

As I said "as anonymous as you CAN", which is better than posting the photos of your birthday on Instagram or whatever people do these days.