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.
growth-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 medium — classification split: anthropic=first-party, openai=analytics, gemini=first-party. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
googleapis.com is Google's own API infrastructure domain, and YouTube is a Google-published app, so growth-pa.googleapis.com is a first-party endpoint (the specific 'growth' service purpose is not something I can verify, likely engagement/promotion features). The app's label already declares broad collection including app interactions, device IDs, and diagnostics, so this contact does not imply an undeclared data flow.
OpenAI — analytics
The googleapis.com domain is operated by Google, the app's developer, and the growth-pa subdomain most likely supports product growth or analytics functions. YouTube declares collection of extensive identifiers, usage, search, interaction, and diagnostic data, so this contact is not clearly outside the label.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain growth-pa.googleapis.com is operated by Google, making it a first-party service for the YouTube app. The app declares extensive data collection, so this first-party network communication does not appear undisclosed.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | — | 4 | 11 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
| Gmail | — | 3 | 15 | 2026-07-30 |
| Google Maps | — | 3 | 3 | 2026-07-30 |
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