By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026In other words, Canada is already terribly vulnerable to American cyberwarfare. Trump's tech companies don't have to hack into Canada's digital infrastructure to shut it down: they *already* control it. 24/ 110423
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026But Carney found a way to make this *even worse*, turning over key aspects of the back-end of Canada's military to Palantir, the tech company most closely aligned with Trump, whose CEO boasts that his company was founded to kill America's political enemies: thedeepdive.ca/canada-milit... 25/thedeepdive.caCanada deepens Palantir ties with $7.4M annual software license deal—reportCanada’s military plans $7.4 million in annual Palantir licenses, raising procurement, transparency, and technology-sovereignty concerns. 311229
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 24/08/2026Carney's symbolic gestures - memorable speeches and minor changes to consumption habits - are second to none. 26/ 1657
Black Cloud Six @blackcloudsix.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I‘m no techie, but I hope you realize that this is a tiny, tiny contract that hardly ”turns over key aspect of the back-end” of the military. From the article: “According to the department, Palantir’s software is used to support Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue operations.” 🤷♂️ 020
