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assets.aliexpress-media.com

classified as cdn · 2

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.

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Anthropic Claude — cdn

The hostname pattern (assets.* on an aliexpress-branded media domain) is consistent with a first-party asset/media delivery endpoint for AliExpress product images and static content, though I cannot independently confirm the registrant. Serving app assets does not by itself imply a data flow beyond the app interactions and device identifiers already declared.

OpenAI — cdn

The assets.aliexpress-media.com hostname appears to be an asset-delivery domain associated by name with AliExpress, consistent with CDN or static media delivery. No specific data flow beyond asset loading is provided, so undisclosed collection cannot be determined.

Google Gemini — cdn

assets.aliexpress-media.com is a media-hosting CDN domain owned by Alibaba used to deliver static assets and media content for the AliExpress app. Loading first-party assets from this domain does not imply an undisclosed tracking or third-party data flow.

Apps measured contacting this domain

AppLabel gapDonationsContactsSeen
AliExpress - Shopping App442026-07-28 → 2026-07-29

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