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Palantir has a nemesis and I accidentally found him

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    CrypticCuriosity629
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    I found this a pretty good entry into the discussion of online privacy and the importance of privacy, and projects that exist that address the growing anxiety of the loss of privacy.

    I found this a pretty good entry into the discussion of online privacy and the importance of privacy, and projects that exist that address the growing anxiety of the loss of privacy.

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    1. preposterous
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      FWIW I have had a Twinkie account for years. I hadn’t used it in a while but needed a phone number again yesterday. I went to reenable my account to buy the number and hook it up to my Twilio...

      FWIW I have had a Twinkie account for years. I hadn’t used it in a while but needed a phone number again yesterday. I went to reenable my account to buy the number and hook it up to my Twilio lambda function.

      Twilio demanded I validate my identity and my business with Persona. Nope not a chance. Instead I went with OVH VoIP which is European, don’t demande id validation, and doesn’t use US providers.

      Probably not much in the grand scheme of things, but I was 100% going to use Twilio until they wanted to share my id with persona/palantir.

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  2. frailtomato
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    An important topic, but can I nitpick a little bit...I didn't learn anything from this video. What did his 8-month rabbit hole lead him to? Feels like the TL;DW is "I met this cool guy and read...

    An important topic, but can I nitpick a little bit...I didn't learn anything from this video. What did his 8-month rabbit hole lead him to? Feels like the TL;DW is "I met this cool guy and read about his mentor...but I don't really get what he's doing, just that it's important"

    3 votes