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.
mobilemaps-pa-gz.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 endpoint domain, and the 'mobilemaps-pa' prefix indicates a Google Maps product API service, making this a first-party backend call for the app's core mapping functionality. The app's label already declares collecting location, device IDs, app interactions and diagnostics, so this contact implies no data flow beyond what is disclosed.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain is under googleapis.com and appears to be a Google API endpoint used by Google Maps. The app's label declares extensive collection categories that cover likely data flows; sharing is not implied by this first-party service contact.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain mobilemaps-pa-gz.googleapis.com is a Google-owned API endpoint used to support core functionality for the Google Maps app, making it first-party. The app declares extensive data collection, so this communication does not indicate an undisclosed data flow.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | — | 3 | 30 | 2026-07-30 |
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