Enter the Dragnet | Logic Mag
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: Enter the Dragnet
Notes
- Palantir is building a system by which any law enforcement agency can look up records for people
- Palantir’s system collects astronomical amounts of law enforcement data
- Users can use Palantir’s systems to drill down to find people matching particular descriptions
- All of the features of [[big data]] are being used on criminal and law enforcement data in Palantir’s systems
- Systems are either query-based or alert-based
- Automated license plate readers collect and store information on everyone, not just those under investigation
- Palantir’s system allows for circumstantial evidence to paint a more comprehensive picture than what’s really going on