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Joseph Cox
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Hacking/crime/privacy journalist. Author of DARK WIRE, buy here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-cox/dark-wire/9781541702691/#preorder Co-founder of 404 Media. Signal: joseph.404 Email: [email protected]
Palantir has not responded to requests for comment. But after our first article, it published a blog post responding in part. Palantir said its for finding specific people with orders of removal. But the guide says, sometimes you need to turn that off. So which is it?
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January 30, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Our original article revealing Palantir's work on ELITE is here, with much more context on what ICE says it is using it for, a specific raid ELITE was connected to, more: www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
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January 30, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Here is the map interface. In testimony we obtained of an ICE official, they said “It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.” ICE uses to find neighborhoods that may be dense with people it wishes to target

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January 30, 2026 at 3:04 PM
We are not publishing the original document for source protection reasons. But we've retyped the text and reconstructed the images to show you what this tool is. Here's what some results look like, with an address "confidence score". Addresses from gov agencies www.404media.co/here-is-the-...
January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Here are parts of the transcript showing Mobile Fortify returned two different names for the woman being detained. Her lawyer told me both names were wrong www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
January 19, 2026 at 8:40 PM