>”Critics warn expanded access could increase the risk of a major data breach”
It seems like giving Palantir access to detailed user medical data is already a major data breach given their nefarious practices.
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barnfodderMay 11, 2026
+2923
I don't remember consenting to this shit.
2923
woopwoopscuttleMay 11, 2026
+773
https://youtube.com/shorts/iTaJuEx7V98?si=0bt0A7iaSyOo-Od7
Then it takes 2 minutes to do our part against this.
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ImplausibilibuddyMay 11, 2026
+646
It's even quicker if you skip the C&C style FMV and just go to www.writetothem.com and write to your MP (which is all the video says)
646
Starter-for-TenMay 11, 2026
+286
I wrote to mine and Laura Trott is a dismissive dickhead.
286
DS4XXMay 11, 2026
+179
The American experience
179
Scrangle3DMay 12, 2026
+10
My MP is Adnan Hussein, so I can streamline the experience of writing to him by merely pretending I did.
10
bone_apple_PeteMay 11, 2026
+51
If you are promoted for an email, use an alias. Google how to do it. Then you can see who your politicians sell your email address to. Joni Ernst sold my info.
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TrivvyMay 11, 2026
+10
Thank you, sent. I can't believe they would go through with this, it's insanely irresponsible.
10
DS4XXMay 11, 2026
+48
Hope this works for you guys. These things did d*** for America.
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aeschenkarnosMay 12, 2026
+38
Sue. British courts are historically far harder to stack with stooges than American ones.
38
monsbkrMay 11, 2026
+6
There was an opt out a couple years ago for this. Was on the news also I believe
6
chaseingerMay 11, 2026
+257
this already is a data breach. it's giving highly detailed and sensitive data to a private company we know is up to no good.
quo vadis, uk.
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DesertTrailsFoxMay 11, 2026
+150
It will be shared with the US government.
150
AlissinarrMay 11, 2026
+80
And other *SECRET* information services from foreign actors.
Doesn't GDPR protect from this shit?
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DeckardReplicant_May 11, 2026
+46
It’s for EU only no ?
46
ragequitteroffurehMay 12, 2026
+15
If it's the UK government who's happily giving a hostile foreign nation our private medical information, then it's not really clear what that GDPR thing can even do?
It's not as if the Americans will take any notice of UK law, because there's no point.
15
NtroepyMay 11, 2026
+24
No. Not at all.
Healthcare and the government and virtually all large businesses give major vendors and contractors access to highly sensitive data. They couldn’t operate without doing this. AWS, Oracle, Microsoft, and many hundreds of others.
With the NHS, there are formal contracts with Palantir about what data they can access and how they can use the data. And that this data must remain within the NHS’s control.
The issue is that most citizens don’t trust Palantir and think the NHS data will wind up in their larger, overarching data gathering on all citizens.
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Ok_Speed_3984May 11, 2026
+46
Spoiler Alert:
Palantir will fully exploit all this data, and lie about the worst parts. There is nothing beneath them morally.
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Easy_Scarcity_6420May 11, 2026
+10
Wait until you learn health insurance companies use it
10
HithaeglirMay 11, 2026
+52
You can't have a data breach if you give all data willingly. Genius.
52
Suitable-Bonus3610May 11, 2026
+7
And if you didn’t rise up in protest at the thing no one ever told you they were doing, you obviously don’t care. The complaint form was in the room marked “Beware of the leopard” inside a locked filing cabinet. If you didn’t fill it out it’s on you. /s
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DisastrousAcshinMay 11, 2026
+10098
What does an American defence contractor require access to NHS patient data for exactly
10098
betacuck3000May 11, 2026
+3173
They want to learn all about my a*** fissure.
3173
doylethedoyleMay 11, 2026
+805
Well now so do the rest of us.
805
ChrisinCBMay 11, 2026
+417
Rectum, damn near killed him.
417
Hyjynx75May 11, 2026
+118
To shreds you say?
118
Berkuts_Lance_PlusMay 11, 2026
+35
You are now subscribed to A*** Fissure Facts.
35
Turgid_DonkeyMay 11, 2026
+46
It'd fit right in with all the festering hemorrhoids currently running our gov't.
46
Zolo49May 11, 2026
+15
Palantir is truly on the bleeding edge of data gathering.
15
ACasualReadMay 11, 2026
+23
Trying to understand how your fissure guarantees millions more to Israel.
23
old_chelmsfordianMay 11, 2026
+299
They're building something called the Federated Data Platform.
Previously, a lot of data was held at the local or regional level, and this is designed to bring those datasets together, supposedly to help research, and to use things like AI to spot trends etc, as well as just making it easier to treat people if they get injured at the other end of the country to where they live etc.
Not agreeing with it, but that's the justification for it.
It seems they previously had access to data after it was anonymised, but will now be able to see the raw data.
I know absolutely nothing about IT projects like this, and whether that is strictly necessary for designing the system in question.
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VinterblotMay 11, 2026
+567
In Germany, we have historically a kinda strict separation of data, because - yes, you've guessed it - the Nazis used centralized data archives to persecute their enemies.
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Odd_nonposterMay 11, 2026
+56
Iirc a good portion of the Dutch resistance was destroying centralized records Nazis could use to identify people they wanted to persecute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Amsterdam_civil_registry_office_bombing
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kalirionMay 11, 2026
+170
Spoiler alert: Nazis will soon use centralized data archives to persecute their enemies again.
170
HewHemMay 12, 2026
+31
aw come on man you ruined the surprise
31
IncomingAxofKindnessMay 12, 2026
+10
Really though, who could ***not see*** it coming.
10
t0talnonsenseMay 11, 2026
+130
It's just unfortunate how predictably awful certain segments of the human race can be. We *should* be able to pool billions of datasets from around the world and let the number crunchers have a crack at it to try and find new ways to help and aid humanity. Instead, we find ourselves with bad actors in positions of power who will use and abuse that data to dastardly ends, which means we have to put artificial handcuffs on ourselves. And even if we aren't doing that, centralizing certain pieces of data would make things *infinitely* easier for the average person when it comes to medical records, legal/educational documentation, etc. It just sucks how much *we* suck.
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ChilledParadoxMay 11, 2026
+51
I just want to afford food this week and get enough to pay the deposit to start my internet and also maybe get a job soon so I can save up money to get a pet so I'm not completely isolated and alone for another year and everytime I read the news it's like,
"new deadly hantavirus carriers leaving airports."
"Palantir consolidates another governments dataset."
"Court allows republicans to gerrymander, bans democratic plans."
"new crypto scam run by president or presidents close friends."
f****** hell please stop.
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Snow_GhostMay 11, 2026
+18
"You best start believing in Cyberpunk stories laddy... You're in one!"
18
Whatdidievensay90May 11, 2026
+10
Does not a lot of anti card and privacy sentiment coming from the stasi experience in Eastern Germany?
10
fugaziozbourneMay 11, 2026
+108
It's weird to think about how ten years ago, people who leaned right were furious about their hospital charts being made digital, because they were worried about things like this happening.
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PartyLikeAByzantineMay 11, 2026
+57
>It seems they previously had access to data after it was anonymised, but will now be able to see the raw data. I know absolutely nothing about IT projects like this, and whether that is strictly necessary for designing the system in question.
It is not necessary, from an IT standpoint, to send non-anonymized data. Anonymization is done at a layer between the actual database and the outside service. You basically scrub it on the way out the door. It's also not and either/or thing. There are levels to obfuscating the individuals. You can only provide aggregated data of groups, or you can provide a randomized ID for each person so they can see an individuals whole history, but never be certain it's actually you or me.
Providing raw data to a company like this deeply questionable.
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MsSelphineMay 11, 2026
+9
Genuinely what in the f*** is the UK doing. Not in like the kind of joking way, no seriously genuinely what are they doing. This is a weird move that reeks bad intentions.
9
bergmooseMay 11, 2026
+805
An american defence contractor whos chairman & founder thinks the NHS itself is a bad thing
805
radicalelationMay 11, 2026
+376
The founder has plainly stated he started Paypal to overthrow the USD and replace it with something virtual people like him can control, and so the US kept giving Palantir limitless defense contracts for decades.
It just doesn't make sense except to the very few who get to profit and control.
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GreenmagegirlMay 11, 2026
+23
What are the odds we have 2 evil techbros in our government and theyre both from PayPal
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radicalelationMay 12, 2026
+32
Weeellll... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal_Mafia
There's speculation of Nazi or Nazi collaborator heritage due to where many of them came from in South Africa.
I didn't used to go so far with such conspiracy theories, but when you add up the obvious Nazi associations of today, and then all the rest with the current greater "axis" that goes beyond just the Yarvin-ite techbroligarchs, it gets creepy nazi.
Let's take Heritage Foundation, for example. A thread that ties overtly all the way to the Reagan administration, who handed out the then-version of Project 2025 and a little further into the 70s. The founders Weyrich and Coors around the same time pal'd around with Laszlo Pasztor, a Hungarian national that spent time in prison for his role as the leader of the Arrow Cross Party, that had previously collaborated with Hitler's Third Reich.
This very same Hungarian Nazi helped on Nixon's campaign, but between Nixon and Regan's administrations, one far lengthier thread exists: The Bush Family.
HW Bush served as CIA director under Nixon, as well as Reagan's VP, and of course eventually President himself, with his son, Dubya, following later. Standard GOP incestuous circle to keep the political line *pure*, but where it gets weird is with the sins of the father. No, not HW, but HW's father.
Prescott Bush is one of the only publicly known conspirators of [the Business Plot](https://harpers.org/2007/07/1934-the-plot-against-america/), an attempt to coup FDR by the wealthy industrialists for daring to equalize the ground between the rich and *the rest*. Bush approached Smedley Butler, the most decorated war hero of the time, to take over as *fascist* military dictator. A true patriot, Smedley reported and testified this to Congress, and Prescott was questioned, and summarily wrist-slapped... [much like his work through his bank, which helped fund Hitler's rise through serving one of Germany's wealthiest industrialists.](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/25/usa.secondworldwar)
Have Nazis been conspiring for a century? Are the wealth supremacists just so unscrupulous, they'll always rub shoulders with Nazis? Is there even a difference if they keep coming back to collaborate over 100 years?
I dunno but shit is wack.
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Electroppp7May 11, 2026
+28
Some AI will manipulate their greed and trick them into letting them take over
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NiceRat123May 11, 2026
+13
I mean he also said that certain cultures were superior than others and that Western dominance was necessary on the geopolitical stage...
13
MzebongaMay 11, 2026
+30
Oh, it gets so much better when you check out who the UK CEO's Grandad was...
30
bergmooseMay 11, 2026
+8
oof, didn't know the BUF link, classy.
8
brooklynladMay 11, 2026
+48
Who in the UK government is greenlighting this contract?
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Sea_Weakness_PiMay 11, 2026
+21
They are on at least one Government Commercial Agency (formerly Crown Commercial Services or CCS) framework agreement that I can think of. If central government or a sub-central government body runs a further competition from that framework agreement and Palantir wins, it is not permissible to not award them the contract because you don't like them.
Basically it's a job for your MP to annoy the cabinet office about it - it's their framework agreement and procurement teams' hands are tied by the law.
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jonnythefoxxMay 11, 2026
+48
Starmer has had personal meetings with Thiel while in the US that he refused to divulge the nature of. This is right from the top. The NHS database is a really juicy prize and I would love to know what Starmer has been promised in return for it.
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SpaceShrimpMay 11, 2026
+24
Thiel has had secret meetings with a lot of head of states. I bet he pays better than their regular salary.
24
Max-PhallusMay 11, 2026
+41
The contract was awarded to Palantir in November 2023. This has nothing to do with Starmer.
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jonnythefoxxMay 11, 2026
+18
Doesn't change the fact that he has had off the record meetings with him does it.
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[deleted]May 11, 2026
+1116
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HMS_NorthumberlandMay 11, 2026
+233
Think of the children
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ZenBreakingMay 11, 2026
+81
The ones they'll hunt down with their drones?
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Apprehensive-Art1092May 11, 2026
+35
Nah - the ones they'll force you into having
35
brezhnervouzMay 11, 2026
+50
Palantir has also been given a place embedded in Australia's defence forces 🤷♂️
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Total-Deal-2883May 11, 2026
+44
WTF is going on?!
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lucyoooMay 11, 2026
+72
A stupendous and almost unimaginable amount of money most likely
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Nothing-Is-BoringMay 11, 2026
+51
Peter Thiel needs to stop the antichrist from amassing all the world's information as they (the antichrist) would use it to harm the world.
In order to prevent this, Thiel wants to amass all the world's information in a singular location and sell it to the highest bidder(s). For safety. And preventing the apocalypse.
Also Peter Thiel is not a vampire. He assures us of this. He has never taken the blood of young boys in order to revitalise his youth. He assures of this.
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TurtleSlayer6969May 11, 2026
+15
It's sadly hysterical that the Orange child molester is pretty much the exact description of the warning signs of the antichrist and these dipshits completely ignore it. With Thiel bankrolling the couch f***** vp aswell.
15
wankthiswayMay 11, 2026
+25
I'm so sick of reality being shaped by the delusions of mentally and emotionally stunted billionaire tech bros.
25
hates_stupid_peopleMay 11, 2026
+11
Are you familiar with the concept of a cyberpunk dystopia? Because you're in one, it's just the early stages.
11
AnAncientBogMay 11, 2026
+10
Turns out that the military industrial complex that has been destroying the world for the last 80 years has ... been destroying the world for the last 80 years. They have gotten pretty good at it.
10
fragbot2May 11, 2026
+9
They are more than a defense contractor. They are a company with immense machine learning capabilities. There’s a reason they’re awarded the RFPs they are.
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iamezekiel1_14May 11, 2026
+16
That's just one of their arms - and yes to be completely clear I personally think Peter Thiel is a c***.
16
Ill_Ad_791May 11, 2026
+3329
It’s amazing how we just have to accept it. No vote, no approval, our data is out of our control. Brilliant
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Ninja_HedgehogMay 11, 2026
+1239
Yeah. Kinda where I'm at.
I'm British. I am not okay with this decision. Aaaaand I don't have a choice that my very private and potentially extensive health data is being given to Palantir? Coolcoolcoolcoolcool.
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CharitzoMay 11, 2026
+383
My least favourite part is our tax deduction funds the Palantir contract, that then takes data from the health service we all use, that's also funded by wage deductions, from us.
So if I'm following right, I'm paying someone to pay someone to get paid by someone, that I also pay?
Not only are we losing our privacy in our healthcare data, and getting nothing for it, we are in fact paying the people to take the data?
Are we idiots or just powerless? Starmer thinks Palantir will somehow solve this mythic and vague "mismanagement" problem the NHS suffers from. The reality is the way the private sector is involved in the NHS needs to be completely overhauled, but it'll never happen because the private companies have too much political sway.
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Max-PhallusMay 11, 2026
+120
The contract was awarded to Palantir in November 2023. This has nothing to do with Starmer.
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AssistantEquivalent2May 11, 2026
+126
Cancel the contract.
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GarlicThreadMay 11, 2026
+17
And jail the traitors who signed it. I mean it. Jail these motherfuckers.
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CharitzoMay 11, 2026
+33
HS2 was nothing to do with Sunak... Didn't stop him cancelling that.
Unfortunately PM's inherit their predecessors failings, and that is like a sword over Damocles.
Why are you defending this contract when it won't solve anything? The issue is private sector leakage of funds out of the NHS. For every chunk of money spent on patient care, another chunk is just given to the private sector through procurement contracts.
When the NHS was first born all those years ago, nothing about it went to the private sector. All the money you contributed went to patient care. It's slowly changed over time. This is just a continuation of the status quo in a shiny new AI glittery robe.
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Max-PhallusMay 11, 2026
+17
I'm not defending it. I'm just tired of idiots blaming Starmer for everything. If he cancelled it he'd have the press feeding the narrative that he wasted £330 million by scrapping it, and Reform would jump on that instead.
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CharitzoMay 11, 2026
+12
Valid, I can agree with that. I don't agree with everything Starmer does (clearly), but you're certainly right that our media machine is against him.
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dsanders692May 11, 2026
+26
I'm not even British. But I've accessed the NHS, because I'm on a work visa. So I guess all mine and my family's medical history is in their hands now, too
26
Not_a_N_Korean_SpyMay 11, 2026
+42
Do you have the right to ask for a offline copy (even printed) of your medical history and a right to have the NHS copy of the data then erased?
I understand this is highly unpractical, but done massively, in a coordinated manner, as part of a protest against this should pressure the gov.
Has the data already been accessed by Palantir or do we know when that would start happening?
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Thewalk4756May 11, 2026
+81
Company will just keep it anyway since the only punishment for these kinds of things, if discovered, is a fine.
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Not_a_N_Korean_SpyMay 11, 2026
+27
Yes, once it is in the hands of Palantir it is too late to get it back.
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SpineberryMay 11, 2026
+20
They'll refuse on grounds of "legitimate interest"
Same as way back when I tried to exercise right to be forgotten from an enforced opt-in to a workplace pension scheme that I immediately opted out of but they continued to hassle me. Claimed to have "legitimate interest" in holding onto it
I'm now thoroughly glad I haven't informed the NHS about my numerous changes of address or name in the last decade. Whatever data they have is old, outdated, and nothing to do with me
20
KitlunMay 11, 2026
+13
Did you try reporting the company to the ICO? If it isn't legitimate interest then they could investigate them.
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[deleted]May 11, 2026
+4
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lil_icebearMay 11, 2026
+78
it's time for a revolution
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YallberforceMay 11, 2026
+71
Not gonna be a popular comment but you absolutely do not have to just accept it. The issue is that everyone would rather accept it than accept the potential consequences of any of the numerous tactics available to get them to stop.
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TheolaaMay 11, 2026
+29
Yup, it's the same problem in the US right now. They *could* make it all stop, but they're too comfortable to do what it takes.
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KIND_REDDITORMay 11, 2026
+20
What the f*** does that even mean? You absolutely do not have to follow the law, but the issue is everyone would rather follow the law than accept the potential consequences of not following the law?
20
BicFleetwoodMay 11, 2026
+5
You have been commoditized for a long time now. Since before you were ever born.
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3scap3planMay 11, 2026
+878
a £300mill contract signed when the Tories were in control, for anyone wondering
Because terminating the contract would probably cost them a lot of money, invite a legal challenge, and if they don't own the code etc, they'd just need to tender the project again which would cost more time, and hundreds of millions more - at a time the government are desperate to save cash and get NHS waiting lists down.
There's apparently also a break clause in 2027 where the NHS can walk away from the contract for comparatively little, which I imagine ministers are waiting for.
Dont get me wrong, it's not ideal, but I can see why they'd stick with it
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Sleepybear2010May 11, 2026
+40
Walking away after giving up the data smh
40
old_chelmsfordianMay 11, 2026
+49
Legally speaking Palantir can't do anything with the data without the NHS' consent.
Now the question is whether you trust Palantir to act within the law, which I really don't.
Can't see them volunteering to be audited either.
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Sleepybear2010May 11, 2026
+30
They just gonna get hacked and then their "hackers" will do the unethical shit
30
SlakingSWAGMay 11, 2026
+16
I'd sooner expect Palantir to put a man on the surface of the sun and bring him back alive than I would them to act within the law and respect ordinary people's data.
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Prestigious-Orchid95May 11, 2026
+22
Yup, the whole thing with palantir is launching the federated data platform. Pull out of the contract and you lose all of that (and potentially the data as well! As thats unclear atm) and have to redo it.
I don't agree with it at all and still think Labour should terminate it, but this will be the reason they arent. Palantir did a great job forming a contract that basically corners the NHS into something it can't ever pull out of.
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Waffle0calypseMay 11, 2026
+1592
I’m sure this won’t be mismanaged into a horrific scandal down the line. /s
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TheRealBittomanMay 11, 2026
+472
Just look up Flock cameras and how ICE is using them and Palantir to determine who to "deport" and you'll have proof the scandal and misuse are already here.
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Waffle0calypseMay 11, 2026
+128
God forbid the people discover the decent source of copper and other valuable metals those cameras contain on a wide scale
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whichwitch9May 11, 2026
+63
Some already vandalize them in the US. Police respond quicker to flock vandalism than they do shootings.
They're also fairly hard to get to, as well.
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TheRealBittomanMay 11, 2026
+26
I do not advocate vandalism but I do need to add that no, they aren't all hard to get to. The vast majority around me now are on poles only a few meters high and barely off the side of the road.
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UndernownMay 11, 2026
+14
Surely, those Flock cameras won't be more poorly secured than the c**** wifi camara you bought from China?
What do you mean someone already proved how poorly secured they are and the government told them to f*** off?
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MindlessSpongeMay 11, 2026
+8
do let me know if you come across how we might encourage a shift in the mindset of people towards the Flock cameras. even outside of ICE, there are plenty of cases of nefarious use. anyone that gets access can make queries about any data they want, it doesn't have to be something they "should be" looking at.
by and large, people don't care. especially the older crowd, they think the constant surveillance is a great thing. deters crimes or some such? sure, Jan.
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trilinkerMay 11, 2026
+51
You mean like the.. (checks notes).. met police?
51
SithisheMay 11, 2026
+719
Now imagine J.R.R. Tolkien reading this headline
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Big-Inspection-5141May 11, 2026
+217
And then passing the paper to Orwell.
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DaNuker2May 11, 2026
+73
They are treating Orwell books as a tutorial
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AbcLmn18May 11, 2026
+62
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale.
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.
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bloop7676May 11, 2026
+12
We're at the part where most of the setting still thinks Saruman is on the good side
12
Valuable_Tea_4690May 11, 2026
+35
I mean the reality isn’t far off
35
SyriseUnseenMay 11, 2026
+11
Im not sure he'd be that suprised.
11
jfk9514May 11, 2026
+488
Jesus Christ. There’s making a deal with the devil then there’s this.
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Then-Understanding85May 11, 2026
+26
The Satanic Temple would never agree to this.
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[deleted]May 11, 2026
+25
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HorseyDungMay 11, 2026
+164
Bad idea.
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VixensPoppiesMay 11, 2026
+382
WHY? That’s insanity!! Why let palantir get access to anything!??
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MaladaptivismMay 11, 2026
+411
There are 4 plausible reasons I can see:
1. They're too stupid to realize Palantir is literally managed by pure evil.
2. They're morally corrupt enough to not care that Palantir is literally managed by pure evil.
3. They're being blackmailed into not caring about that Palantir is literally managed by pure evil.
4. In spite knowing that Palantir is literally manged by pure evil they think the good outweighs the bad.
**Edit to add** ***my opinion***: All four of these are cause to replace the people who made this decision.
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trilinkerMay 11, 2026
+114
Number 4. But replace "good" with "wheelbarrows full of money".
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NodeZeroNeinMay 11, 2026
+30
That's covered by the 2nd option
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[deleted]May 11, 2026
+9
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DeliriousHippieMay 11, 2026
+33
Here in Finland in public tenders they have to choose cheapest one that fits tender. If some Finnish company said 'Our price is 1 million and we will employ 100 Finns to do the job.' and then some Chinese company said 'Our price is 900k€, we won't produce a shit in Finland and we will steal every tech we can.' our law says that deal must go to Chinese company. Don't waste public money was idea behind this.
In my example tendering is created in a wrong way, in that silly example tenderer could give bonus points for employing Finns.
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irregular_caffeineMay 11, 2026
+15
I think EU procurement rules ban preferring home country but not sure if you can prefer EU
15
drleondarkholerMay 11, 2026
+4
Yeah, you cannot favour your own citizens or companies to those of other EU nations. But protectionism against foreign 3rd parties already exist.
4
MiiIRyIKsMay 11, 2026
+40
I legitimately question if we all just collectively lost our sanity at some point because how can it be that no matter where I look we're making the dumbest choices possible, can we all for just a bit stop killing, exploiting, raping, abusing, bullying, hating and do so many more awful things to each other? It feels so obvious to any normal person so how come that again and again were getting proposals for chat control, this bullshit, new wars, whatever the f*** happened with Epstein etc, all the billionair greed that gets supported like it's the most normal thing in the world? Where's the pitchforks and activities from a certain time in Frances history that I probably can't even mention here without getting a complaint/ban from listnook?
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ramakittyMay 11, 2026
+124
Quick reminder of their philosophy - [https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312](https://x.com/PalantirTech/status/2045574398573453312)
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hoyfishMay 11, 2026
+51
\>8. **Public servants need not be our priests.** Any business that compensated its employees in the way that the federal government compensates public servants would struggle to survive.
Does make me laugh given :
\- Public sector pays like shit
\- Palentir only exists because of federal government contracts
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Just_the_nicest_guyMay 11, 2026
+119
> Silicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible. The engineering elite of Silicon Valley has an affirmative obligation to
Pay a fair share of taxes? Support the social safety net? Ensure their own products are working to help and empower people rather than harm and exploit them?
> participate in the defense of the nation.
Ah, of course; a "debt" that requires that make unimaginably fat stacks of cash working on behalf of the military industrial complex.
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SapientTrashFireMay 11, 2026
+52
I swear to Christ, this era is basically:
Everyone: "Hey, don't do this."
The government/corporations: "We're doing this."
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NerdyBrandoMay 11, 2026
+77
I hate that these evil companies are named after things from LOTR. Tolkien would never.
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FirstSurvivorMay 11, 2026
+31
Even worse, the Palantirs were used for evil in LotR.
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afterworld2772May 11, 2026
+41
Thats the bit that fucks me right off. Sauron used the palantirs to spy and corrupt, and these illiterate idiots go 'yeah sounds like a great company to work with.' Literally the only way it could be more on the nose is if they called themselves Evil Incorporated
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raanasMay 12, 2026
+11
A lore fun fact: they are commonly associated with him, but palantíri aren't Sauron's invention, they were made by Feanor. None of them have intrinsic power over the others, only the master stone, which Sauron doesn't possess. He has the Ithil stone which is as ordinary as the one held by denethor or the one Saruman had in orthanc
Not so fun fact: Peter Thiel and everyone involved with The American company palantír are vile cunts.
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RndysasqatchMay 11, 2026
+19
They think they are the coolest people on earth naming stuff like this too when in reality they're just f****** lame.
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HopelessRespawnerMay 11, 2026
+50
Wtf, an American here, please stop giving Palantir anything. We don't want them to f****** have it either. F*** Thiel.
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OneNormalBlokeMay 11, 2026
+84
All about brow envelopes under the table.
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droneboxMay 11, 2026
+11
Are brow envelopes like smaller versions of eye-bags… maybe this is the question Palantir is seeking the answers to?
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theolentangyMay 11, 2026
+90
Get ready to have your loan denied because you told your therapist you’re worried about money.
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SemiHemiDemiDumbMay 11, 2026
+58
Why do I feel like I'm in the opening montage of a dystopian or post apocalyptic movie. You know where they are showing news reels showing headlines or snippets of the building blocks of the fall?
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Fenix42May 11, 2026
+13
I have been saying this since like 2015.
13
JarvdogeMay 12, 2026
+15
How do I opt out?
Seriously, given the political situation in the US, I don't feel safe with one of their defence companies having data like this.
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4FuckSnakesMay 11, 2026
+29
The social contract, the idea that hard work will inevitably lead to a better life for you and your kids, is no longer possible. The sad fact is that all governments, fascist or otherwise, will need to find new ways to keep your sorry ungrateful ass in line.
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willstr1May 11, 2026
+30
Just a friendly reminder, Palantir is literally named after the orb that Sauron used to corrupt Saruman in Lord of the Rings. How blatantly evil do you have to be to name your company after that?
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GranFlakesMay 11, 2026
+12
Well why aren't we protesting?
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ToastNomNomNomMay 11, 2026
+12
goverment sold us out as usual
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Wayland935May 11, 2026
+12
When the f*** did any of us vote for this.
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ilulillirillionMay 11, 2026
+12
Apparently Palantir claims they want to solve "mismanagement" using AI.
Shouldn't we wait for a single example of this working in one of the thousands of private organizations doing it before we even consider this?
The horror stories we hear should be cause for pumping the brakes, but instead we keep accelerating up the bridge.
It feels stupid at this point to say it's not for the people, that it only serves an elite class of actors who do not care about our best interest. It's so obvious it's like calling the sky blue.
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KPABAMay 11, 2026
+48
Wait, what about GDPR? Should we not be implicitly asked for consent or be given the ability to opt out?
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3_Thumbs_UpMay 11, 2026
+12
Gdpr is just any personal data. Health records should have stronger protections.
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LucidBaconMay 11, 2026
+8
I hate it here.
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BlindraftermanMay 11, 2026
+11
I beg your pardon good sir?? This is just plain bad news, no AI tech company, especially one that wants to weaponize AI, should have access to anything let alone health data.
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PortlyBeeMay 12, 2026
+9
The best thing Europe and UK can do is protest the hell out of Palantir having anything to do with you. They're pure evil.
Thiel, Karp, Yarvin, and their "dark enlightenment" nonsense is truly batshit insane.
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EqualityIsProsperityMay 12, 2026
+8
EU: We're going to reduce our government exposure to large tech companies.
UK: YOLO!
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cancercureallMay 12, 2026
+7
Can someone explain to me *f****** why* politicians the world over are so f****** awful? This should be illegal.
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Deacon86May 11, 2026
+9
Wonderful, let's fork over our sensitive personal information to a foreign defence firm literally named after a cursed artefact used by the embodiment of pure evil to spy on people. I see *no way* this could possibly go wrong.
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squeeze-my-lizardMay 11, 2026
+41
If you think “who would be stupid enough to do this?”, remember that UK left the EU
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Various_Good_6964May 11, 2026
+19
“Anyone external requiring access must have government security clearance and be approved by a member of NHS England staff at director level or above.”
Quote from an NHS spokesperson... Unsure as to whether that means external to NHS or external to Palantir, hopefully the NHS. Otherwise, this is an absolute disaster waiting to happen. If the staff are appropriately vetted by govt, then it's potentially not as bad as it sounds and if it helps make the NHS better, we should maybe have a slightly open mind... (Probably an unpopular opinion)
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skitsologyMay 11, 2026
+24
Peter probably one of the worst human beings so this should go well
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KindHearted_IceQueenMay 11, 2026
+7
This is incredibly concerning and yet, within a week I’m certain it will disappear from the news cycle.
We won’t hear much about it until a year or two later when the horrible consequences come to light and politicians will publicly lament that something should have been done about this and we’ll end up rinsing and repeating this process with something similar all over again. I truly wish things were different…
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lidongyuanMay 11, 2026
+9
Uggh, I know why we're stupid in the US, but why do European countries have to be stupid in the same ways?
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CalzinarzinMay 12, 2026
+8
The EU isnt. They are looking at banning US companies like this. The UK on the other hand isn't in the EU and is as dumb as the US is.
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qthrow12May 12, 2026
+7
If people knew what palantir could really do, they would be terrified and fight back. But no one knows.
I saw a presentation at work and in my line of work it was alarming and scary to see the data they had and how they are using it. The potential for it is huge and when brought together with other systems or data. You will just be a tracked number that has every bit of information on you, nothing you can hide. Then access to that is shared with government and other organizations.
scary shit
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Trashy_CappyMay 11, 2026
+15
All the British I've seen on their respective news channels, wagging their fingers at Americans for having to deal with the trump problem, seem to forget that their own Brexit was orchestrated by the same money and entities behind trump. and here we are, watching them feed palantier, one of the companies trying to destroy democratic society. unreal.
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IgorMamboMay 11, 2026
+14
The head of Palantir in the UK, Louis Mosley, has a famous grandad.
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integrate_2xdx_10_13May 11, 2026
+7
_Holy shit_. You can’t make this stuff up.
The Mosley’s and the Mitford’s should have stayed an embarrassing page in history books. Not given positions in international surveillance with other neo-facists
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old-legs-623May 11, 2026
+71
This alone should be sufficient cause for a revolution -- and not from the "Reform" direction either.
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ccarlyonMay 11, 2026
+17
Reform would expedite the deal before selling off the NHS altogether.
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damianxyzMay 11, 2026
+16
the only revolution that can be started from listnook is banning people on listnook by mod cunts.
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sixstringedmenaceMay 11, 2026
+8
This is incredibly disheartening to hear.
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LivingDraculaMay 11, 2026
+5
As an American,
WHY THE F*** IS YOUR GOVERNMENT ALLOWING A PRIVATE INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION ACCESS TO YOUR MEDICAL DATA?
A large majority of their employees are former CIA, and frankly Palantir has largely replaced the CIA in the current regime.
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Kind_Focus5839May 11, 2026
+6
Ok, I'm not living in the UK but people shouls absolutely be getting on the phone to their MP's about this. There's no way I want Peter Thiel to have my medical data.
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AuroleiMay 11, 2026
+4
It's crazy how Palantir is named after the seeing stones in LOTR and this shit. Didn't they learn nothing from the movies/books about why it's dangerous???
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paulcdejeanMay 11, 2026
+6
What the f***? Isn't Labour supposed to be a left wing party? And isn't Palantir extreme far right?
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premiumbraMay 12, 2026
+5
I love this so much, the same government which criticized china doing same thing. Like damn, something something hypothecriy
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tapilogali_rsMay 12, 2026
+6
Excuse me what the f***?
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b3iAAoLZOH9Y265cujFhMay 12, 2026
+6
I'm no lawyer, but that's seems to piss all over the Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation *and* Common Law Duty of Confidentiality.
What's the point of having so-called lawmakers when they can just ignore the laws they themselves enacted whenever they please?
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Small-Percentage-181May 11, 2026
+16
This extremely worrying isn't doctors stuff supposed to be private now it's been given to right wing american fascists?
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lxtrxiMay 11, 2026
+5
https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/fdp-faqs/#will-the-nhs-sell-my-data
This site does go into a fair amount of detail. Still, not great.
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EnormousChordMay 11, 2026
+5
Could there be a more evil empire corporate name than Palantir?
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ultegrafenderMay 11, 2026
+5
Wes. Streeting.
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SouthOfTheNorthPoleMay 11, 2026
+4
Wes Streeting is building his billionaire personal wealth base off the back room deals he's made with these slimy, greedy bastards.
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oldastheriverMay 11, 2026
+4
and they will turn around and sell it. Mark my words.
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LickMyNutBigBoiMay 11, 2026
+4
Palantir is evil, in Australia they have surveillance contracts to our supermarkets, and now we have security gates, facial recognition cameras that also track employees. It's scary
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TampaPowersMay 11, 2026
+6
This would never fly under EU law..
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att0micMay 12, 2026
+4
Only 6 years ago I thought corporations as powerful as global superpowers were just a crazy cyberpunk plot while I was playing through the story. I understood back then that we're heading in that direction in the real world, but I didn't expect that we'd be speedrunning it this much.
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Snoo_94254May 12, 2026
+5
How the f*** are they getting away with this shit
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nikoZ_May 12, 2026
+5
The world is becoming more dystopian by the second. Governments have got too much power and control. They are supposed to serve us! Not the other way around.
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TotalanimefanMay 12, 2026
+4
Time to protest in the streets??
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funnypsuedonymhereMay 12, 2026
+5
Governments are becoming far too comfortable with treating the will of the public with utter contempt.
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BLSPRedDeathMay 12, 2026
+5
What could go wrong?!? Brilliant Idea. No really great leadership. Throw your whole country under the bus in one go. Perfect.
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Fun_Reply5366May 12, 2026
+6
This is outrageous
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Fancy-Departure4632May 11, 2026
+8
Are you Brits insane?
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shimoheihei2May 11, 2026
+9
As someone working in IT projects with large enterprises, I can confirm that this sort of move is a very bad idea, and in 2026 almost no serious IT admin would grant that type of access. It shows very bad judgement on the part of the NHS.
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