Important insights into the evolution of the surveillance state.

Also? “Palantir Gotham” reads like the *laziest possible* evil megacorp name from a Shadowrun fanfic.

They KNEW what side of the line they were on. Gotham is legendary for its corrupted nature. https://t.co/v6NIWrRHc2

— Cheryl Platz (@muppetaphrodite) July 12, 2019

SCOOP (1/2): I obtained a Palantir user manual, designed to be used by cops, through a public record request. The guide shows—in detail we’ve never seen before—how the Palantir’s Gotham software tracks, logs, and surveils people. https://t.co/mi6OfK7CSq

— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) July 12, 2019

The Palantir user guide shows that police can start with almost no information about a person of interest and instantly know extremely intimate details about their lives. https://t.co/20ZaeGnLUH

— Motherboard (@motherboard) July 12, 2019

The software can map out family members and business associates of a suspect, and theoretically, find the above information about them, too. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

Amazed that a company named after Tolkien’s magic telephone for tyrants and evil wizards turns out to be bad. https://t.co/1A9QGUIHfx

— Laurie Charles (@TheStuffOfMemes) July 12, 2019

SCOOP (2/2): 300 cities had access to Palantir through company contracts with Northern California Regional Intelligence Center, which is run by the DHS. The NCRIC gives info to police depts in 14 counties home to almost 8 million people. This is huge.https://t.co/WBCKMp4I5Q

— Caroline Haskins (@carolineha_) July 12, 2019

With a name, police can find:
• A person's email address
• Phone numbers
• Current and previous addresses
• Bank accounts
• Social security number(s)
• Business relationships
• Family relationships
• Height, weight, and eye color. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

By the way the other scoop we published from these docs is that 8 million people living in 300 cities in Northern California are secretly subject to Palantir searches via a contract with a fusion center happy friday https://t.co/nBMhVDvSbk

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) July 12, 2019

“information is aggregated and synthesized in a way that gives law enforcement nearly omniscient knowledge over any suspect they decide to surveil”

Terrifying scoop by @carolineha_ @motherboard https://t.co/VojzAKjd1C

— Keegan Hamilton (@keegan_hamilton) July 12, 2019

& regulations like CCPA won’t even apply to companies like this when they’re operating as an agent of the government.

Privacy laws that don’t apply to public agencies miss the point. Instead of regulating the most dangerous biz models, we created legal protection for them. https://t.co/hAEAlJIhnR

— Melanie Ensign (@iMeluny) July 12, 2019

I'm not surprised or disappointed that law enforcement has tools like this. I'm far more disappointed that the UIs are indistinguishable from Microsoft Access. If you're gonna build a hyper-connected surveillance state, at least get some Hollywood FX on it. https://t.co/0dpXAyeNfH

— Wogan (@WoganMay) July 12, 2019

1. ugh. Bad UI and clunky looking software
2. this is dependent on access to private companies' data. Heavy reliance on payment card data, other govt. DBs
3. Don't see any mention of mapping any of this to mobile phone info. Maybe @PalantirTech has it on its prod roadmap https://t.co/7LJGmMeQwA

— Manan ??‍♂️ (@manan) July 12, 2019

New: Palantir user manual obtained by Motherboard lays out exactly what one of the company's products is capable of. Overview of a wealth of data on a subject easily. https://t.co/ympARtdSjB pic.twitter.com/S56iNKokhL

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) July 12, 2019

One of the big gaps in the public imagination/understanding that reporters need to fill in (like this!) is the way that law enfrocement (broadly) and ICE (specifically) use technology like this to enact policies that would otherwise be impossible. https://t.co/H9l3l7IF6P pic.twitter.com/b8vnVyC30U

— austin walker (@austin_walker) July 12, 2019

300 California cities secretly have access to Palantir Gotham.

Contracts reveal that nearly 8 million people in northern California are subject to Palantir surveillance tools. https://t.co/r6jMr3H4xh

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

Palantir aggregates all possible information available about a person, including emails, phone numbers, addresses, social security number(s), business relationships, license plates, and travel history. https://t.co/r6jMr3H4xh

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

The biggest "smart city" privacy dangers involve secretive data and money flows between tech companies, police departments, and federal law enforcement. Surveillance ordinances need an expansive scope to prevent these dynamics.https://t.co/FNcRtn5rAo

— Ben Green (@benzevgreen) July 12, 2019

300 Californian Cities Secretly Have Access to Palantir:
Company contracts with a fusion center reveal that nearly 8 million people in northern California are subject to Palantir surveillance tools https://t.co/kBLmr7dVON

— ashe dryden (@ashedryden) July 12, 2019

300 Californian cities secretly have access to Palantir. https://t.co/r6jMr3H4xh

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

300 Californian Cities Secretly Have Access to Palantir, a surveillance and data mining company founded by right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel, also known for being a contractor for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, other state and federal agencies... https://t.co/lkRsvaCrfr

— m•g☕️ (@mugrogue) July 12, 2019

SCOOP: Company contracts with a fusion center reveal that nearly 8 million people in northern California are subject to Palantir surveillance tools, a Motherboard investigation finds. https://t.co/0SF8idVHnf

— Motherboard (@motherboard) July 12, 2019

‘Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops’

The police can ‘instantly know extremely intimate details about (suspects’) lives’ and apparently same details about family and associates https://t.co/gJd8Epqa03

— RynheartTheReluctant (@TheRynheart) July 12, 2019

NEW: Motherboard has obtained and published Palantir's secret guide to conducting surveillance for cops. Another scoop by @carolineha_ https://t.co/h4aiTuXUzd

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) July 12, 2019

The Palantir user guide shows that police can start with almost no information about a person of interest and instantly know extremely intimate details about their lives.

The capabilities are staggering. https://t.co/HGL6s1bWmq

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

Vice has got hold of a user manual for the tracking service offered by (private company) Palantir to police agencies and ohmyfuckinggod. https://t.co/MDYoZRON5c pic.twitter.com/pr9CDsvbXR

— Mark Di Stefano ?? (@MarkDiStef) July 12, 2019

Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops https://t.co/rL7pM347aZ

— blmohr (@blmohr) July 13, 2019

Here's how the manual tells customers to search for records on a person, according to the Palantir manual obtained by Motherboard https://t.co/ympARtdSjB pic.twitter.com/5vsE5ef7xH

— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) July 12, 2019

The software can map out family members and business associates of a suspect, and theoretically, find the above information about them, too. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

With a name, police can find:
• A person's email address
• Phone numbers
• Current and previous addresses
• Bank accounts
• Social security number(s)
• Business relationships
• Family relationships
• Height, weight, and eye color. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

If police have a name that’s associated with a license plate, they can use automatic license plate reader data to find out where they’ve been, and when they’ve been there. This can give a complete account of where someone has driven over any time period. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

The tool aggregates and synthesizes information in a way that gives law enforcement nearly omniscient knowledge over any suspect they decide to surveil. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

Through a public record request, @motherboard has obtained a user manual that gives unprecedented insight into Palantir Gotham, which is used by law enforcement agencies like the Northern California Regional Intelligence Center. https://t.co/JmVhOD9Jzk

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

Palantir is one of the most significant and secretive companies in big data analysis.

Palantir software is instrumental to the operations of ICE, which is planning one of the largest-ever targeted immigration enforcement raids this weekend. https://t.co/HGL6s1txdY

— VICE (@VICE) July 12, 2019

NEW: As ICE plans one of the largest-ever raids on thousands of undocumented families, @carolineha_ exclusively obtained a user manual that gives unprecedented insight into how Palantir gives law enforcement nearly omniscient knowledge@VICE @motherboard https://t.co/1GS4FpoXFS

— Lauren Bobek (@laurenbobek) July 12, 2019

https://t.co/srRn7VzAGO
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>Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops
Motherboard obtained a Palantir user manual through a public records request, and it gives unprecedented insight into how the company logs and tracks individuals.

— Incarnated_ET (@Incarnated_ET) July 13, 2019

Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops https://t.co/1sRD7UNnfA vía @vice

— Maite (@mmorenog) July 12, 2019

#CyberpunkisNow Palantir is an information management/secondary surveillance network whose customers include many US state/local agencies & private corporations.

Image: A list of their collection targets from a recent Motherboard article.

TY @Cy8erpUnk_ https://t.co/H4shcni47B pic.twitter.com/pRfYO5dPRs

— ΜΔDΞRΔS (@hackermaderas) July 13, 2019

Leaked #Palantir 'Gotham' user manual shows how fast police and government can grab your info https://t.co/X6roUg4Lhu pic.twitter.com/4S7MxEeGfw

— Anonymous (@AnonyOps) July 12, 2019

Leaked #Palantir 'Gotham' user manual shows how fast police and government can grab your info:
https://t.co/VwwzL5PFyV

— Sam Stepanyan (@securestep9) July 12, 2019

Leaked Palantir 'Gotham' user manual shows how fast police and government can grab your info https://t.co/RQaPj5Dsx7 pic.twitter.com/Zb3rI2exWJ

— Masque of the Red Death (@doctorow) July 12, 2019

Leaked Palantir 'Gotham' user manual shows how fast police and government can grab your info. @carolineha_ for @vice https://t.co/XaFj3uK7N1

— Xeni Jardin (@xeni) July 12, 2019

We gave US police, ICE, and CBP AI without regulations in 2016: Now it's 1984 https://t.co/c4mGV6Ipgx

— TNW (@thenextweb) July 12, 2019

Here’s Palantir’s top secret manual for cops.

Scoop by @carolineha_ https://t.co/VdjInAIWSF

— Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai (@lorenzofb) July 12, 2019

SCOOP: Motherboard obtained a Palantir user manual through a public records request, and it gives unprecedented insight into how the company logs and tracks individuals. https://t.co/20ZaeGnLUH

— Motherboard (@motherboard) July 12, 2019

Palantir and the surveillance statehttps://t.co/TdF8u7gMmB pic.twitter.com/TKSWWJYrzC

— Carl Carrie (@carlcarrie) July 12, 2019

?EXPOSED? Palantir’s top-secret user manual for law enforcement gives them nearly omniscient knowledge over ANY suspect they decide to surveil- including immigrants or anti-Trump Twitter researchers like myself. ⁦?tip @xtraferocity⁩ https://t.co/0vGacxo5Yh

— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) July 13, 2019

Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops - VICE #analysis #ethics #crimefighting #surveillance #AI #Intelligence https://t.co/5uGXBFx8N7

— HevershamIntel (@HevershamIntel) July 13, 2019

Revealed: This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops - VICE #kbn https://t.co/Tdz9DEEP6h

— Korben (@Korben) July 13, 2019

This Is Palantir’s Top-Secret User Manual for Cops https://t.co/d73wCJGq4Z

— Tek (@tenacioustek) July 13, 2019

Wow - this is a stunning level of surveillance. https://t.co/9HuumRjR0O

— Buck Woody (@BuckWoodyMSFT) July 12, 2019

We gave US police, ICE, and CBP AI without regulations in 2016: Now it's 1984 https://t.co/GvwO5uPASC

— TNW (@thenextweb) July 13, 2019

Welcome to 1984. #ICEraids #ArtificialIntelligence #surveillance

cc: @SpirosMargaris, @ACLU https://t.co/i56p7v7Whj

— Tristan Greene (@mrgreene1977) July 12, 2019

We gave US police, ICE, and CBP AI without regulations in 2016: Now it's 1984 https://t.co/LNnGAPPFii

— TNW (@thenextweb) July 13, 2019