diff --git a/src/Model/Profile.php b/src/Model/Profile.php
index 0064a75c30..9741f2a74d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Profile.php
+++ b/src/Model/Profile.php
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Verify;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 use Friendica\Util\Temporal;
@@ -1013,22 +1012,14 @@ class Profile
 				Addon::callHooks('zrl_init', $arr);
 
 				// Try to find the public contact entry of the visitor.
-				$fields = ["id", "url"];
-				$condition = ['uid' => 0, 'nurl' => normalise_link($my_url)];
-
-				$contact = dba::selectFirst('contact',$fields, $condition);
-
-				// Not found? Try to probe the visitor.
-				if (!DBM::is_result($contact)) {
-					Probe::uri($my_url, '', -1, true, true);
-					$contact = dba::selectFirst('contact',$fields, $condition);
-				}
-
-				if (!DBM::is_result($contact)) {
+				$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($my_url);
+				if (!$cid) {
 					logger('No contact record found for ' . $my_url, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 					return;
 				}
 
+				$contact = dba::selectFirst('contact',['id', 'url'], ['id' => $cid]);
+
 				if (DBM::is_result($contact) && remote_user() && remote_user() === $contact['id']) {
 					// The visitor is already authenticated.
 					return;
@@ -1039,12 +1030,12 @@ class Profile
 				// Try to avoid recursion - but send them home to do a proper magic auth.
 				$query = str_replace(array('?zrl=', '&zid='), array('?rzrl=', '&rzrl='), $a->query_string);
 				// The other instance needs to know where to redirect.
-				$dest = urlencode(System::baseUrl() . "/" . $query);
+				$dest = urlencode(System::baseUrl() . '/' . $query);
 
 				// We need to extract the basebath from the profile url
 				// to redirect the visitors '/magic' module.
 				// Note: We should have the basepath of a contact also in the contact table.
-				$urlarr = explode("/profile/", $contact['url']);
+				$urlarr = explode('/profile/', $contact['url']);
 				$basepath = $urlarr[0];
 
 				if ($basepath != System::baseUrl() && !strstr($dest, '/magic') && !strstr($dest, '/rmagic')) {
@@ -1077,18 +1068,14 @@ class Profile
 		}
 
 		// Try to find the public contact entry of the visitor.
-		$condition = ["uid" => 0, "addr" => $visitor_handle];
-		$visitor = dba::selectFirst("contact", [], $condition);
-
-		if (!DBM::is_result($visitor)) {
-			Probe::uri($visitor_handle, '', -1, true, true);
-			$visitor = dba::selectFirst("contact", [], $condition);
-		}
-		if(!DBM::is_result($visitor)) {
+		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($visitor_handle);
+		if(!$cid) {
 			logger('owt: unable to finger ' . $visitor_handle, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			return;
 		}
 
+		$visitor = dba::selectFirst('contact', [], ['id' => $cid]);
+
 		// Authenticate the visitor.
 		$_SESSION['authenticated'] = 1;
 		$_SESSION['visitor_id'] = $visitor['id'];
@@ -1108,6 +1095,7 @@ class Profile
 		 *   * \e array \b session
 		 */
 		Addon::callHooks('magic_auth_success', $arr);
+
 		$a->contact = $visitor;
 
 		info(L10n::t('OpenWebAuth: %1$s welcomes %2$s', $a->get_hostname(), $visitor['name']));
diff --git a/src/Module/Magic.php b/src/Module/Magic.php
index 1b364a3319..86e9e44d8b 100644
--- a/src/Module/Magic.php
+++ b/src/Module/Magic.php
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 namespace Friendica\Module;
 
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
-use Friendica\Database\DBM;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Util\HTTPSig;
 use Friendica\Util\Network;
 
@@ -35,32 +34,28 @@ class Magic extends BaseModule
 		// NOTE: I guess $dest isn't just the profile url (could be also 
 		// other profile pages e.g. photo). We need to find a solution
 		// to be able to redirct to other pages than the contact profile.
-		$fields = ["id", "nurl", "url"];
-		$condition = ["nurl" => normalise_link($dest)];
+		$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($dest);
 
-		$contact = dba::selectFirst("contact", $fields, $condition);
-
-		if (!DBM::is_result($contact)) {
-			// If we don't have a contact record, try to probe it.
-			/// @todo: Also check against the $addr.
-			Probe::uri($dest, '', -1, true, true);
-			$contact = dba::selectFirst("contact", $fields, $condition);
+		if (!$cid && !empty($addr)) {
+			$cid = Contact::getIdForURL($addr);
 		}
 
-		if (!DBM::is_result($contact)) {
-			logger("No contact record found: " . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
+		if (!$cid) {
+			logger('No contact record found: ' . print_r($_REQUEST, true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			goaway($dest);
 		}
 
+		$contact = dba::selectFirst('contact', ['id', 'nurl', 'url'], ['id' => $cid]);
+
 		// Redirect if the contact is already authenticated on this site.
-		if (array_key_exists("id", $a->contact) && strpos($contact['nurl'], normalise_link(self::getApp()->get_baseurl())) !== false) {
+		if (array_key_exists('id', $a->contact) && strpos($contact['nurl'], normalise_link(self::getApp()->get_baseurl())) !== false) {
 			if($test) {
 				$ret['success'] = true;
 				$ret['message'] .= 'Local site - you are already authenticated.' . EOL;
 				return $ret;
 			}
 
-			logger("Contact is already authenticated", LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			logger('Contact is already authenticated', LOGGER_DEBUG);
 			goaway($dest);
 		}
 
@@ -73,7 +68,7 @@ class Magic extends BaseModule
 				// NOTE: we need another solution because this does only work
 				// for friendica contacts :-/ . We should have the basepath
 				// of a contact also in the contact table.
-				$exp = explode("/profile/", $contact['url']);
+				$exp = explode('/profile/', $contact['url']);
 				$basepath = $exp[0];
 
 				$headers = [];
diff --git a/src/Module/Owa.php b/src/Module/Owa.php
index 337c0554fe..6c580704f7 100644
--- a/src/Module/Owa.php
+++ b/src/Module/Owa.php
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ namespace Friendica\Module;
 use Friendica\BaseModule;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Verify;
-use Friendica\Network\Probe;
-use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
 use Friendica\Util\HTTPSig;
 
 use dba;
@@ -46,17 +45,13 @@ class Owa extends BaseModule
 
 					if ($keyId) {
 						// Try to find the public contact entry of the handle.
-						$handle = str_replace("acct:", "", $keyId);
-						$fields = ["id", "url", "addr", "pubkey"];
-						$condition = ["addr" => $handle, "uid" => 0];
+						$handle = str_replace('acct:', '', $keyId);
 
-						$contact = dba::selectFirst("contact", $fields, $condition);
+						$cid       = Contact::getIdForURL($handle);
+						$fields    = ['id', 'url', 'addr', 'pubkey'];
+						$condition = ['id' => $cid];
 
-						// Not found? Try to probe with the handle.
-						if(!DBM::is_result($contact)) {
-							Probe::uri($handle, '', -1, true, true);
-							$contact = dba::selectFirst("contact", $fields, $condition);
-						}
+						$contact = dba::selectFirst('contact', $fields, $condition);
 
 						if (DBM::is_result($contact)) {
 							// Try to verify the signed header with the public key of the contact record
diff --git a/src/Network/Probe.php b/src/Network/Probe.php
index 7f41b2304b..5f665814b4 100644
--- a/src/Network/Probe.php
+++ b/src/Network/Probe.php
@@ -311,11 +311,10 @@ class Probe
 	 * @param string  $network Test for this specific network
 	 * @param integer $uid     User ID for the probe (only used for mails)
 	 * @param boolean $cache   Use cached values?
-	 * @param boolean $insert  Insert the contact into the contact table.
 	 *
 	 * @return array uri data
 	 */
-	public static function uri($uri, $network = "", $uid = -1, $cache = true, $insert = false)
+	public static function uri($uri, $network = "", $uid = -1, $cache = true)
 	{
 		if ($cache) {
 			$result = Cache::get("Probe::uri:".$network.":".$uri);
@@ -464,19 +463,11 @@ class Probe
 				$condition = ['nurl' => normalise_link($data["url"]), 'self' => false, 'uid' => 0];
 
 				// "$old_fields" will return a "false" when the contact doesn't exist.
-				// This won't trigger an insert except $insert is set to true.
-				// This is intended, since we only need public contacts
-				// for everyone we store items from. We don't need to store
-				// every contact on the planet.
+				// This won't trigger an insert. This is intended, since we only need
+				// public contacts for everyone we store items from.
+				// We don't need to store every contact on the planet.
 				$old_fields = dba::selectFirst('contact', $fieldnames, $condition);
 
-				// When the contact doesn't exist, the value "true" will trigger an insert
-				if (!$old_fields && $insert) {
-					$old_fields = true;
-					$fields['blocked'] = false;
-					$fields['pending'] = false;
-				}
-
 				$fields['name-date'] = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
 				$fields['uri-date'] = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
 				$fields['success_update'] = DateTimeFormat::utcNow();
diff --git a/src/Util/HTTPSig.php b/src/Util/HTTPSig.php
index 96ea2afb5c..b78cca8964 100644
--- a/src/Util/HTTPSig.php
+++ b/src/Util/HTTPSig.php
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ class HTTPSig
 	 *
 	 * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5843
 	 *
-	 * @param string $body The value to create the digest for
-	 * @param boolean $set (optional, default true)
+	 * @param string  $body The value to create the digest for
+	 * @param boolean $set  (optional, default true)
 	 *   If set send a Digest HTTP header
+	 * 
 	 * @return string The generated digest of $body
 	 */
 	public static function generateDigest($body, $set = true)
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ class HTTPSig
 			$algorithm = 'sha512';
 		}
 
-		if ($key && function_exists($key)) { /// @todo What function do we check for - maybe we check now for a method !!!
+		if ($key && function_exists($key)) {
 			$result['signer'] = $sig_block['keyId'];
 			$key = $key($sig_block['keyId']);
 		}