Enter the Dragnet | Logic Mag

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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