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bigyabaitoday at 3:55 AM0 repliesview on HN

There are several things that make Palantir uniquely objectionable, though:

1) They're private-sector and have low hiring standards, which can lead to Boeing-esque quality control issues

2) They have every incentive to fleece US taxpayers, becoming another over-fattened rice-bowl defense contractor

3) Exporting Palantir products could create diplomatic crises and conflicts of interest undermining American security (see: NSO Group)

We can't ever avoid spyware since Google, Microsoft and Apple already built the perfect surveillance state a decade ago. But we can prevent taxpayers from being scammed, and reject the enshittification of the federal government's defense budget.