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2018-04-13 -Land of the Free

Peter Thiel's Curious Ties to Cambridge Analytica Scandal Raise Eyebrows

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-13 02:27|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Campaign contributions are the sitting squirrel. The issue to make note of here is Palantir, a highly effective intelligence community social network tool.

Forget the political contribs, it's the end user we should be concerned about. Yes of course, Zuck made his tens of billions via advertising. 'My Pillow' teevee adds, that sort of thing. A farthing here, a farthing there. Took him several decades but it all adds up.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-13 02:36|| 2018-04-13 02:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Little surprise.

First Google's safe harbor data barges indexing (the world's) data.
Then the timely completion of NSA's new Utah data center to house the Google product.
And now Palantir link analysis mining of Facebook networks and photos.

All events spanning 2008-2016.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-13 10:10|| 2018-04-13 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Peter Thiel is a silicon valley venture cap that invests in everything. Tesla, SpaceX, Google, Facebook .... on and on.
It's like saying GE has a lot of biz arms they are an arm of Satan. They might be losing stock value but they are still the biggest firm on the planet because that's what they grew into.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-13 10:48|| 2018-04-13 10:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Remember next time you use PayPal that Peter was one of the founders.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-13 10:50|| 2018-04-13 10:50|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-13 10:56|| 2018-04-13 10:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Thank you Jack. GE has never been the same.

Posted by Zenobia Grumble6050 2018-04-13 11:18|| 2018-04-13 11:18|| Front Page Top

#7 Remember next time you use PayPal that Peter was one of the founders.

So he knows when I contribute to Rantburg.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2018-04-13 11:48|| 2018-04-13 11:48|| Front Page Top

#8 It is a big stretch to say an early investor in a company, one that became rich from that company, is connected with day to day operations years later.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-13 12:22|| 2018-04-13 12:22|| Front Page Top

#9 rjschwarz - no but with each use you contribute to his earnings. He sold but still gets $.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-13 15:14|| 2018-04-13 15:14|| Front Page Top

#10 Fine, but the article is trying to connect dots that are don't seem reasonable to connect.

Posted by rjschwarz 2018-04-13 15:53|| 2018-04-13 15:53|| Front Page Top

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