This page aggregates measured, corroborated evidence: donors' iPhones recorded apps contacting this domain, every claim below was reported by separate accepted donations and published under a human verdict (later rows for an approved app inherit its verdict). A contact is a measurement, not an accusation — it does not show what data was sent.
adashx4ae.ut.taobao.com
classified as analytics · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 3 of 3 models answered, overall confidence medium — classification split: anthropic=analytics, openai=analytics, gemini=first-party. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — analytics
taobao.com is an Alibaba Group domain, and the 'ut' / 'adashx' hostname pattern is characteristic of Alibaba's UserTrack (UT) mobile analytics/telemetry collection endpoint, so this is effectively corporate-affiliated first-party analytics rather than a third-party ad network; I cannot verify the specific subdomain's function beyond that naming convention. The declared label already covers app interactions, device or other IDs, crash logs and diagnostics, so the measured contact does not by itself imply an undeclared data flow.
OpenAI — analytics
The taobao.com domain is plausibly associated with Alibaba/Taobao, and the adashx hostname suggests an internal analytics or telemetry endpoint. The app declares collection of app interactions, device IDs, diagnostics, and browsing history, so this contact does not clearly imply an undeclared data flow.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain adashx4ae.ut.taobao.com is part of Alibaba Group's UserTrack analytics infrastructure, making it first-party to the AliExpress app. The app's privacy label declares collecting app interactions, device IDs, and diagnostics, which aligns with this telemetry traffic.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AliExpress - Shopping App | — | 4 | 16 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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