• source :: Enter the Dragnet

Notes

• Palantir is building a system by which any law enforcement agency can look up records for people

• Palantir's system collects astronomical amounts of law enforcement data

• Users can use Palantir's systems to drill down to find people matching particular descriptions

• All of the features of big dataare being used on criminal and law enforcement data in Palantir's systems

• Systems are either query-based or alert-based

• Automated license plate readers collect and store information on everyone, not just those under investigation

• Palantir's system allows for circumstantial evidence to paint a more comprehensive picture than what's really going on