Is Adblock for Chrome - Stop YouTube Ads Now safe?
The extension downloads EasyList rules and applies them locally to block requests and hide page elements.
The extension fetches EasyList-compatible filter lists from easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org and turns network rules into Chrome declarativeNetRequest rules. Its all-sites content script reads locally stored cosmetic selectors to hide matching page elements and runs supported scriptlet builders from the filter data.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.6. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
<all_urls>
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Adblock for Chrome - Stop YouTube Ads Now contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org
Adblock for Chrome - Stop YouTube Ads Now sends data to easylist-downloads.adblockplus.org. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.