Ali Mauritius SteinMar 15
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How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland

The controversial tech company Palantir provides surveillance technology to militaries and intelligence services around the world.

In Switzerland, however, its pitches have been rejected by both government authorities and the army. Internal documents have now revealed why.

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How tenaciously Palantir courted Switzerland

The controversial tech company Palantir provides surveillance technology. In Switzerland, however, its pitches have been rejected.

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Feb 19 at 9:51amWeb
Show threadIarlaiṫFeb 19
@adfichter “The rise of the West has not been made possible by the superiority of its ideas, values, or religion, but rather by its superiority in the use of organized violence.”
Show threadM. GrégoireFeb 20
@IarfhlaithO @adfichter
Mr. Karp is quoting Samuel Huntington: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Huntington
Samuel P. Huntington - Wikiquote

Show threadEliza MBFeb 19

@adfichter
“Palantir is a U.S.-based company, which means there is a possibility that sensitive data could be accessed by the US government and intelligence services.”

For citizens of the 5 eyes countries (UK, Canada, Aus & NZ) we already have to assume that all data held by "our" governments are shared with Big Jackboot.

Absolutely no reason for other countries to put their citizens in the same position.

#palantir
#5eyes
#usa
#nz
#aus
#canada
#uk

Show threadNightlySilence/JasminFeb 19
@adfichter This is not a comment on the article or contents whatsoever, but the toot's language: it is set to German - which might prevent it spreading further. (Some people filter certain languages. Another thing is that the setting prevents translations of the toot or at least makes it harder, I think.)
Show threadAdfichterFeb 19
@nightlysilence how do I change this?
Show threadNightlySilence/JasminFeb 19

@adfichter I had to look it up because I wasn't sure if it's the same for all servers/apps, but the account @FediTips was here to the rescue! :)

Basically, you need to do this *before* publishing a post. There should be a button somewhere in the "toot writing box". I think if you edit your toot, you can find the language button somewhere, too. For me, it's in the upper right corner of a toot after I clicked on edit.

Here is a website that explains it in more detail: https://fedi.tips/setting-your-language-preferences-on-mastodon-and-filtering-out-posts-in-other-languages/

Setting your language preferences on Mastodon, filtering out posts in other languages, filtering search results by language | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadFedi.TipsFeb 19

@nightlysilence @adfichter

You can also change this after publishing a post by editing it! 🙂

It's never too late to use the correct setting.

Show threadNightlySilence/JasminFeb 19

@adfichter When I am clicking on your first toot, it doesn't show me it's German anymore. Weird.

But maybe it's something to consider for future postings.

Show threadStefan ThöniMar 3

@adfichter Thanks for the great work! Happy to donate extra for this article.

Unfortunately, the German version still says non-members can't donate.