Palantir helped Australian intelligence agency sort 42m data points

The Palantir training guide walks an analyst step by step on how to mine the 42 million pieces of data an intelligence agency has collected on Australians.

First: Drag the seized phone records to the importer, the guide explains. The system automatically adds the warranty number to every call and text message, maps flows between numbers and plots locations. Open the police reference database. Get details from government records database.

Then: Connect data about people, events, and locations using information like phone numbers or addresses.