they also employ tracking cookies so that companies like facebook and google can learn about you, even if you donāt directly patronize those services. it used to be to sell to advertizers to make more effective ads, but as that market dries up because it turns out the most effective advertising dollars are put towards billboards and radio, these digital marketing companies are making back the difference selling to brokers and companies who interact more with state based actors. thatās effectively why palentir exists. the cia isnāt allowed to spy on you, and technically neither is the nsa or fbi authorized to spy on you unless theyāve gotten a search warrant (which has been comically easy to do since 2002), thereās nothing illegal and no legal grey area for a private company to spy on you and then the agencies to buy services from that company.
they also employ tracking cookies so that companies like facebook and google can learn about you, even if you donāt directly patronize those services. it used to be to sell to advertizers to make more effective ads, but as that market dries up because it turns out the most effective advertising dollars are put towards billboards and radio, these digital marketing companies are making back the difference selling to brokers and companies who interact more with state based actors. thatās effectively why palentir exists. the cia isnāt allowed to spy on you, and technically neither is the nsa or fbi authorized to spy on you unless theyāve gotten a search warrant (which has been comically easy to do since 2002), thereās nothing illegal and no legal grey area for a private company to spy on you and then the agencies to buy services from that company.