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.
arcore.googleapis.com
classified as first-party · 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 high. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
arcore.googleapis.com is a Google-operated googleapis.com API endpoint associated with ARCore, and Google Maps is published by Google, so this is a first-party service call (likely supporting AR/Live View navigation features). The app's label already declares collecting precise location, device IDs, and diagnostics, so this contact does not imply a data flow outside the declared categories.
OpenAI — first-party
arcore.googleapis.com is a Google APIs domain and is plausibly a first-party service contact for Google Maps. The app's label declares extensive collection categories, so this domain contact alone does not establish an uncovered data flow.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain arcore.googleapis.com is owned and operated by Google to support ARCore augmented reality functionality within Google Maps, making it a first-party contact. Because it belongs to the app's developer for core app features, this contact does not represent an undisclosed third-party data flow.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | — | 3 | 12 | 2026-07-30 |
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