Some databases used by governments are for things like making sure people driving cars have received the required training/certifications to share public roads, or that their vehicles carry the necessary insurance.
Other databases get used to track down, torture, and murder critical journalists - by dismembering them with a bone saw while they're still alive.
Remind me again which kind of database Palantir staff work on?
Well, when I was at Palantir I worked with police departments integrate a dozen or so databases so looking someone up took one query rather than several, cutting down on the time needed for traffic stops drastically.
The software was also used to run double blind clinical drug trials - the acl granularity was great at that; you could have different roles for drug manufacturers, doctors, and patients, none of which had absolute information. Then trial supervisors could open up the data for analysis at the end of the trial.
At that same time, the ability to use GPS phones to upload data over unreliable networks was used when they teamed up with the Clinton foundation and Team Rubicon to improve disaster relief coordination for hurricanes.
Myself or coworkers (“Palantir staff”) worked on all of these.
Other databases get used to track down, torture, and murder critical journalists - by dismembering them with a bone saw while they're still alive.
Remind me again which kind of database Palantir staff work on?