Is Adblocker for Youtube™ safe?
Adblocker for Youtube™ removes ads and enhances YouTube playback, running exclusively on YouTube pages.
The extension injects content scripts into YouTube pages to block ads, skip pre-roll ads, and add UI controls such as cinema mode, floating video, and screenshot capture. It optionally queries the YouTube Data API v3 using a hardcoded API key to display supplemental video metadata (upload age, channel video count) when those settings are enabled. No user data is sent to third-party servers beyond these YouTube API requests.
Who publishes itFree Apps - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Free Apps - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 70k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
Shared hosts - 2 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.3.1. 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 youtube.com
*://*.youtube.com/
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Show a panel beside the page
sidePanel
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Adblocker for Youtube™ 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.
- www.googleapis.comwidely used
Adblocker for Youtube™ sends data to www.googleapis.com. A widely used service: 44 other extensions we have analysed send data here.