GDPR and PECR (CCPA is primarily aimed at preventing selling of data)
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- Someone "Alex" is convicted, a data point is created - "X" has a scar on their left leg and a tattoo on their right ankle of a skull, this is registered in their data, along with any other info (height, probable weight, ethnicity, age, what they look like etc.)
Later, a citizen reports a crime, doesn't really see the person but noticed the start of a tattoo on the perp's right ankle under a sock. This info, along with vague height info, etc. could then be used to define Alex as a suspect. Powerful, data comprehension.
Potentially controversial part: not everyone has a data point, and since the article states it, there are probably more data points on black and brown communities. So data comprehension and links found and going to be found in this already-existing pool. A possible solution to this is creating data points for everyone, but that has its own controversies (whether it's a government or a private entity).
To play Devil's advocate, Palantir gets a lot of flack for licensing their software to governmental institutions, e.g. ICE, the US army, and for being affiliated to Peter Thiel (see the other comment). Unlike Thiel, Alex Karp (Palantir CEO) is left leaning. Palantir has worked with numerous administrations (Bush, Obama). Their view is that they don't see or pick any sides, but the morality of that is up for everyone to decide, I believe if you don't pick a side, one is often picked for you.
> The Tribune found that the iPhone 7 similarly had double the rate of radiation that the FCC deems safe for use and other smartphone makers, like Samsung and Motorola, also exceeded the safety threshold.
The article talks about how the FCC put limits in place before we all used cell phones, but it seems that the double radiation thing is not at all times, rather when the phone is under some sort of heavy load (guessing: searching for service or during a call?). Either way, it seems it's an issue:
> …World Health Organization has classified RF radiation as a possible carcinogenic to humans since 2011 and the National Institutes of Health has found "clear evidence" in animal studies that RF radiation causes cancer.
Although no direct links are given to the "clear evidence," other than effects on rodents