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[–] sqgl@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 week ago

In Australia Palantir collects shopper data of customers in the stores of one of the three major supermarket chains: Coles.

https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/economic-fairness-30a37751-ec16-4026-a076-e283f3b4092f/coles-palantir/who-s-watching-while-we-shop

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Should never have gotten close to a contract. Whoever greenlit it was either a complete idiot or heavily bribed.

[–] TheVoiceOfRaison@thelemmy.club 11 points 1 week ago

I'm gonna go out on a whim here and guess it was during the Tory government. Having said that, Palantir do seem to have a worryingly high amount of support from the current administration.

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Why not both?

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

Whoever greenlit it was either a complete idiot or heavily bribed.

Sounds like Streeting.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 11 points 1 week ago

I've never been so fuck this company so fast in my life, they can go to hell and as noted below I'm not shopping at coles anymore till they get rid of them

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Technofashists

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)