Geopolitical Hedging as a Service
http://jebruner.com/2016/06/geopolitical-hedging-as-a-service/
Google and Microsoft have found themselves embroiled in some
awkward geopolitical disputes as they've made their mapping
services available around the world, and they've found a
brilliant diplomatic workaround to the demands of dogmatic
politicians: they give each country the map that its
government wants, serving it seamlessly to domestic users by
reckoning the locations of their IP addresses. It's possible
to force these services to display the map corresponding to a
particular country, though, and I've done that here in order
to compare the maps that they serve to different
constituencies. Try out some examples of delicate
sensibilities by clicking the links below, or explore the map
comparisons by using the drop-down menus. Click the [=>]
symbol for more background on each disagreement.
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Obi-Wan: "Luke, you're going to find that many of the truths we cling to
depend greatly on our own point of view."
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Founder:
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Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently
doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone.
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