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2026-04-25 14:34 UTC

You're not paying very much attention. CyberWarfare: https://myprivacy.blog/australias-cyber-warfare-division-signs-largest-ever-palantir-contract-what-it-means-for-national-security-and-digital-sovereignty/ Conventional Warfare Kill Chain / Communications https://time.com/6293398/palantir-future-of-warfare-ukraine/ As far as cryptography goes... cryptography basically **_is_** data analysis, in many respects. Obviously they work with and in the field of cryptography, certainly their live military comm networks need to... be encrypted. Data collection? They get all the data of everything they are plugged into, everyone who sells data to them, like Oura, for example. https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/09/smart-ring-maker-ouras-ceo-addresses-recent-backlash-says-future-is-a-cloud-of-wearables/

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@hypna@lemmy.world 2026-04-25 20:08

I guess if you wanna go off at people like that, I have to go through your links and point out that 1. Providing services to a cyber warfare organization does not make one a cyber warfare company. I bet they contract out their cafeteria services too. The article specifically states the contract is for data analysis. 2. Doing data analysis for target selection also does not make one a cyber warfare company. 3. Data analysis is not cryptography. Also, my personal computer is encrypted. Am I a cryptographer? 4. Receiving data from your customers does not make you a data collection company, and the article points out that the data is being collected by Oura. Compare that with the NSA who for example have internet backbone splitters installed at the major telcos, or put cell spoofers in cities. Why is doing data analysis for unethical ends not enough?

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