Palantir employees spill the tea.
Thirteen former Palantir staffers signed a letter urging the company to cut ties with the Trump administration.
Linda Xia, a former engineer, made it plain: the problem isn’t the technology, it’s how Trump wants to use it. “Combining all that data, even with the noblest of intentions, significantly increases the risk of misuse.”
Once you start merging that much personal data into one system, you’ve essentially created a digital ID for every American. And history has made one thing clear: that kind of power will be abused.
Palantir, co-founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel, has deep ties to U.S. intelligence agencies. Under Trump, it scored massive federal contracts, many without competitive bidding, worth hundreds of millions. These included deals with ICE, the Department of Defense, and Health and Human Services.
Palantir’s tech was used to help ICE track, target, and deport immigrants, often sweeping up data on U.S. citizens along the way. Now, it’s being used to build what many call a “super-database” of Americans, aggregating everything from health records and financial info to law enforcement files.
This isn’t just about surveillance. It’s about control. A centralized system tied to your identity paves the way for blacklists, digital profiling, and political repression.
The Palantir employees warn: this isn’t theoretical. The infrastructure for digital authoritarianism is being built right now, and Palantir is playing a central role.
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