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From the article: > Access to Google, which currently powers our infrastructure, is restricted in China. What does this mean exactly? I could read the sentenc
by mastazi 10y ago
From the article:
> Access to Google, which currently powers our infrastructure, is restricted in China.
What does this mean exactly? I could read the sentence above in two ways:
A- if a website is on Google infrastructure, then it will not be accessible in China
B- if a website is on Google infrastructure, then the cloud control panel will not be accessible to the IT operations personnel based in China
I think that it's the latter, I find it hard to believe that the scenario described at point A corresponds to reality. If that was the case it would have huge implications in terms of competition between Google and other providers.
- firloop 10y agoI think it may be possible due to sharing of Google infrastructure that Google App Engine apps (what Snapchat runs on) are automatically blocked in China. This trick allowed Whatsapp to spoof censorship recently by feigning a connection to Google.com while truly connecting to an App Engine hosted proxy.
- owenwil 10y agoIt's part A - Google's cloud infrastructure isn't even resolvable in China.