Palantir: hey dude want to work for a company whose job it is to help punish people, manipulate, and violate their privacy through big data?
Engineer: sure! Just as long as I'm not enforcing a national border that's where I draw the line!
Engineer: sure! Just as long as I'm not enforcing a national border that's where I draw the line!
<Some Company>: hey dude want to work for a company whose job it is to help manipulate and control people by violating their privacy through big data?
Engineer: sure! Just as long as it doesn't violate this very specific aspect of my personal ethics!
That could easily describe Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.