Is HyperChat [Improved YouTube Chat] safe?
Improves YouTube livestream chat with performance optimizations, display controls, and chat filtering features.
This extension replaces parts of the YouTube live chat experience with an optimized message renderer and options to adjust what appears in chat. Users can choose themes, show or hide chat elements, translate messages with Google Translate, filter member-only messages, skip emoji-only messages, and auto-switch to Live Chat.
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.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.1.1. 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 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.
- Google Translate
HyperChat [Improved YouTube Chat] sends data to Google Translate. Named as a recipient by 4 other extensions we have analysed.