disgraced “newspaper” nominally known to get plunked in front of hotel rooms morphs into Neo Spyware? huh. someone tell USA Today’s CEO that @doctorow.pluralistic.net’s Enshittification ain’t supposed to be an instruction manual

Lee West

This is very chilling spyware folks. USA Today Co. has made a deal with software company Palantir to analyze & monetize user behavior, the company announced on Thursday. Essentially, USA TODAY is partnering with Palantir to de-anonymize & ID readers across 200 newspapers.