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.
discover-pa.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
googleapis.com is Google's own API infrastructure, and the 'discover-pa' subdomain appears to be a Google Discover backend endpoint, so this is a first-party server contact for the Google Search app itself. The app's label already declares collecting app interactions, in-app search history, device IDs and location, which would cover this flow; note the label declares no sharing, but first-party backend calls do not by themselves imply third-party sharing.
OpenAI — first-party
discover-pa.googleapis.com is a Google API domain and is consistent with a first-party Google Search/Discover service contact. The app's privacy label declares a broad range of relevant data categories, so this contact does not by itself imply an undisclosed flow.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain discover-pa.googleapis.com is an API endpoint operated by Google, the developer of the Google Search app, for its Discover feature. Because this is a first-party service endpoint and the app declares extensive data collection, the contact does not appear undisclosed.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google (Search) | — | 3 | 3 | 2026-07-30 |
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