better do the uncompress on the server

db/alfred.py

@@ -93,14 +93,6 @@ def request_data(data_type):
 			assert len(payload) == data_length
 			res_length -= data_length
 
-			try:
-				payload = gzip.decompress(payload)
-			except:
-				pass
-
-			# decode string (expect unicode)
-			payload = payload.decode("UTF-8", errors="replace")
-
 			if mac in response:
 				response[mac] += payload
 			else: