Is Painless CC safe?
Painless CC lets a localhost page retrieve saved YouTube subtitle contribution drafts after the user starts sharing them.
When a user starts the contribution flow on YouTube, the extension stores the subtitle draft, video and channel IDs, and related metadata in local extension storage. It then opens a localhost page that can request that saved contribution object and receive it through the extension's page bridge.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
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 0.7. 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
https://*.youtube.com/*
Read and change your data on localhost:5000
http://localhost:5000/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Painless CC 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.
- localhost:5000
Painless CC sends data to localhost:5000. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.