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>>fajmcc+(OP)
Can anyone explain a user flow for how a Palantir product enables ICE to go from app launch to ‘target arrested’?

>>nippon+Bk
My understanding (and I couldn't get past the app paywall) is that Palantir is joining databases from many different federal and state agencies, including passport and driver license photos. The app then allows you to scan a phase and it finds a match. It returns information on the person found, including citizenship.

The existence of this technology means that ICE can grab anyone they want, scan their face, and instantly have (or not have) probable cause to arrest them. Without the app, there would be hours before probably cause could be established which makes justifying the detainment legally much harder. I.e without the app, ICE has to actually build a case or see something suspicious for each target. With the app, ICE can just mass sweep people.

Which should be illegal, but thanks to the shadow docket order on Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, is happening anyway.

>>advise+nE
NGL this sounds like pretty basic technology

>>welcom+ZI
Eh, joining these datasets can be challenging. Names can be spelled differently or changed, dates of birth can be off, people can share names and dates of births, addresses change and are can be expressed in multiple ways, databases may store names as a single string or separate fields, middle names may be missing or initials, databases might not share IDs etc. So it's kinda hard to do well although nothing really exciting technology wise.

This, incidentally, is why the "confidence score" is needed. And why the app frequently gets data (including citizenship) wrong.