Police in German state to use controversial software by Palantir | dpa international (dpa-international.com)
from schizoidman@lemmy.zip to privacy@lemmy.ml on 02 Aug 2025 17:12
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cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/45358033

Police in the south-western German state of Baden-Württemberg are to be allowed to use the analysis software from US firm Palantir, which is controversial among data protection advocates

The software was specifically developed for security agencies and is used by intelligence services, the military and police.

Palantir was founded in 2003 in the United States, notably by tech billionaire Peter Thiel. He is known for his libertarian and conservative positions, his closeness to US President Donald Trump and his criticism of liberal democracies.

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makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml on 02 Aug 2025 17:46 next collapse

How are they going to get away with this, in Germany?

bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de on 02 Aug 2025 18:45 collapse

They’re pointing to the other states already doing it.

Here’s hoping our constitutional court will get around to this quickly.

myself@lemmy.ml on 02 Aug 2025 18:13 next collapse

Certified BaWü Moment

0xtero@beehaw.org on 02 Aug 2025 18:57 next collapse

I guess they’d argue that none of those pesky little data protection laws apply to competent authorities like the police and they’re probably justifying it with the criminal prosecution clause.

Great.

medem@lemmy.wtf on 04 Aug 2025 00:53 collapse

Exactly. Only small businesses and individuals have to honour the GDPR, not them.

surph_ninja@lemmy.world on 02 Aug 2025 20:48 collapse

Germany has been one of the biggest supporters of the genocide, they’re cracking down on minor dissent, they’re targeting minorities (including anti-Zionist Jews specifically). The Nazis are controlling Germany again.

stink@lemmygrad.ml on 03 Aug 2025 20:49 next collapse

Sadly they always have been. USSR shouldn’t have stopped at Berlin.

medem@lemmy.wtf on 04 Aug 2025 00:54 next collapse

I’ll just throw in the mandatory ‘always on the wrong side of history’ cliché.

july@leminal.space on 04 Aug 2025 14:36 collapse

Is it because they’re ashamed of their past they now fully encourage Israel?

porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml on 04 Aug 2025 16:20 next collapse

It’s because they are secretly proud of their past

surph_ninja@lemmy.world on 04 Aug 2025 19:59 collapse

No. It’s that the Nazis never really left power. They simply ruled under US supervision. And the Nazis always cooperated with the Zionist project.