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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

From what I’ve seen, though, they don’t “have your data” as that’s not their thing.

That's what they claim, and yet people were able to hack their Discord age verification tech and discover otherwise. Where have you even heard this, because I hope it's not from ~~their CEO~~ anyone on their board, ~~He~~ Peter Thiel often goes on religiously fueled technofeudalist rants about the antichrist, the end of the world, and the justification for unified warrant-less mass surveillance of it all.

Oh, and: https://lemmy.world/post/44485368

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago

While everyone is busy hating on Musk and the like, many forget that utter evil pieces of shit like Peter Thiel exist. Palantir is just the tip of the iceberg, he's been manipulating the entire digital ecosphere for nearly two decades now, with a well placed venture capitalist firm, grants for the "right" software and teams, while suffocating others....

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Small correction: Karp and Thiel are cofounders, Karp is the CEO and Thiel is on the board. And while Karp is just as bad, it's Thiel who does the Antichrist speech tours.

[–] Silic0n_Alph4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Other commenters have addressed the Discord question - it sounds like that was a completely separate company and technology (just the same investors).

And no, I didn’t get any info from Thiel or Karp, and yes, they are awful people.

[–] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Ah, yes, that completely separate company where one of the biggest investors is from a fund belonging to Peter Thiel. Completely separate.