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.
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
operated by Google LLC · classified as advertising · 1
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 — advertising
pagead2.googlesyndication.com is Google's ad-serving/ad-request host (Google AdSense/Google Ads infrastructure), so contact with it indicates ad delivery and typically transmission of device/ad request data. The app's store label declares no collection or sharing at all, so an advertising network contact implies a data flow the label does not cover; a human should confirm the contact is app-initiated and not, e.g., embedded web content.
OpenAI — advertising
pagead2.googlesyndication.com is a Google advertising domain. The app declares no data collection or sharing, so an advertising-related contact appears undisclosed.
Google Gemini — advertising
pagead2.googlesyndication.com is an advertising domain owned by Google LLC used for serving ads. The app declares no data collection or sharing in its store privacy labels, making this ad-related contact appear undisclosed.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
com.bestbuy.buyphone | not in label | 4 | 8 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
| Booking.com: Hotels & Travel | — | 4 | 8 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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