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.
samizdat-graphql.nytimes.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 — undisclosed split: anthropic=false, openai=true, gemini=false. A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
Anthropic Claude — first-party
samizdat-graphql.nytimes.com is a subdomain of nytimes.com, matching the app's own bundle identifier (com.nytimes.NYTimes), so it is almost certainly a first-party API endpoint (apparently a GraphQL gateway) operated by The New York Times rather than a third party; Apple's owner attribution was not provided here. A first-party content/API call does not by itself demonstrate collection of data beyond app functionality, so from the information given I cannot conclude the empty privacy label is contradicted.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain is a subdomain of nytimes.com and most likely supports The New York Times app's own GraphQL service. The app declares no collection or sharing, so this network contact appears not covered by the provided privacy label.
Google Gemini — first-party
The domain samizdat-graphql.nytimes.com is a first-party API endpoint belonging to The New York Times. As primary app infrastructure, standard network calls to this domain do not inherently indicate undisclosed third-party data collection or tracking.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
com.nytimes.NYTimes | — | 4 | 8 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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