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Re:KaiOS by throwre434234 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:45AM (#21004749)
Can't upvote this enough.

There is already very little accountability or awareness about what Google Services do behind the scenes. You make a call, your phone connects to 1e100.net; you change some settings, your phone connects to 1e100.net. It's insane that no one seems to be paying attention to any of these.

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Re:KaiOS by shifto on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @08:53AM (#21004829)
Where did you get this from? I just checked my local DNS server and my home devices have never attempted to connect to this domain even though I have quite a few android devices.
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Re:KaiOS by antsar on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:38AM (#21005874)
It's an internal domain. The user-facing stuff uses vanity domains (google, youtube, etc) but the servers' "true" hostnames reside in 1e100.net.

https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/174717?hl=en

For example, here's the IP I get for "google.com":

    $ dig google.com +short
    172.217.10.238
A reverse lookup on that IP resolves to...

    $ dig -x 172.217.10.238 +short
    lga25s59-in-f14.1e100.net.
So, you're most certainly connecting to things in that domain, which is just a roundabout way of saying you're connecting to some Google property.
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Re:KaiOS by butz on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @12:43PM (#21007156)
Could it be Google Analytics or Firebase Analytics tracking phone usage? Is there an option to disable telemetry in settings?
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Re:KaiOS by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:41AM (#21005911)
I'm seeing lots of traffic to amazonaws now too.
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