Is BetterRYM safe?

Low risk

BetterRYM embeds Spotify, Discogs, and YouTube API credentials in its shipped RateYourMusic content script.

BetterRYM's bundled JavaScript includes hardcoded Spotify client credentials, Discogs API credentials, and a YouTube API key. The bundle uses those values when requesting tokens or metadata from Spotify, Discogs, and Google API endpoints on RateYourMusic pages.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

Jake Cheekv5.1.0Firefox Add-ons
19Risk

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 5.1.0. 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

    *://*/*

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Start, monitor and manage your downloads

    downloads

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed BetterRYM 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

    BetterRYM sends data to www.googleapis.com. A widely used service: 44 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • accounts.spotify.com

    BetterRYM sends data to accounts.spotify.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • api.discogs.com

    BetterRYM sends data to api.discogs.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

  • youtube.googleapis.com

    BetterRYM sends data to youtube.googleapis.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026amo-2691593