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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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