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global-orange-source.alibaba.com

classified as first-party · 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 — first-party

global-orange-source.alibaba.com is a subdomain of alibaba.com, the domain of Alibaba Group, which publishes AliExpress, so this is a first-party endpoint; I do not know the specific service behind the 'orange-source' hostname. Any data flow it implies plausibly falls within the app's broad declared collection (app interactions, device/user IDs, diagnostics), so nothing here indicates an undisclosed flow.

OpenAI — first-party

The domain is under alibaba.com and is most likely operated by the app's provider or its Alibaba affiliate. The contact alone does not establish a data flow beyond the broad categories declared in the privacy label.

Google Gemini — first-party

The domain global-orange-source.alibaba.com belongs to Alibaba, the developer of AliExpress, making this a first-party endpoint. First-party network traffic aligned with the app's standard operations does not constitute an undisclosed third-party data flow.

Apps measured contacting this domain

AppLabel gapDonationsContactsSeen
AliExpress - Shopping App4162026-07-28 → 2026-07-29
Alibaba.com - B2B marketplace442026-07-28 → 2026-07-29

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