News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Rest of the World. Parent comment

Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by kuschku on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:49PM (#11507117)
Depends on Country, actually. Google Maps displays it as "disputed" in most of the world, as "Ukraine" in the Ukraine, and as "Russia" in Russia.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by Rexxar on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:54PM (#11507157)
The question is: what does Google displays in Crimea ?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by Integer on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:47PM (#11507517)
The Internet providers assign Russian mainland IPs to Crimean users, to circumvent the sanctions regime, so they see it the same way Russia sees it.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What US Software Companies Should Understand About the Re... by mjevans on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:30PM (#11507401)
I would hope that the message is 'Disputed Territory', however it probably depends on where the uplink is.
[ Parent | on HN ]