Is HyperChat [Improved YouTube Chat] safe?
HyperChat sends YouTube live chat text to kentonishi.com when message translation is enabled.
HyperChat includes an optional translation feature for YouTube live chat. When a target language is set, it embeds a translator iframe from kentonishi.com and posts chat message text to that iframe for translation.
Who publishes itKento Nishi - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
Kento Nishi - no other listings under this identity, 2 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
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 3.3.2. 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 www.youtube.com
https://www.youtube.com/live_chat* and 1 more
Read and change your data on studio.youtube.com
https://studio.youtube.com/live_chat* and 1 more
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed HyperChat [Improved YouTube Chat] 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.
- kentonishi.com
HyperChat [Improved YouTube Chat] sends data to kentonishi.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.