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.
yt3.ggpht.com
classified as cdn · 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 — cdn
yt3.ggpht.com is a Google-operated static content host (ggpht.com is used to serve YouTube channel avatars and image thumbnails), so it is first-party CDN infrastructure for the YouTube app rather than a third-party tracker. Serving app imagery is inherent to the app's declared functionality and implies no data flow beyond what the extensive label already covers.
OpenAI — cdn
yt3.ggpht.com appears to be a Google-hosted content domain commonly used for YouTube profile images and other static assets. The provided label declares broad collection categories, and the contact alone does not establish an undeclared data flow.
Google Gemini — cdn
yt3.ggpht.com is a Google-owned Content Delivery Network (CDN) domain used to serve user avatars, channel thumbnails, and image assets for YouTube. As first-party content delivery infrastructure, this domain contact does not represent undisclosed data sharing.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouTube | — | 4 | 16 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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