Is VidSummize - AI YouTube Summary with Chat GPT safe?

High risk

VidSummize is high risk. Clicking summarize sends video details and the generated summary to VidSummize's Cloud Functions backend: video ID, title, author, summary text, language, OS, and video length, plus page and tab context described in the claim evidence.…

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Publisher
gruenerapfelzehn
Website
summarizergpt.web.app

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Findings

SeverityMEDIUM
ClassUNWANTED
TypeUnexpected
CWECWE-359
SourceAI SANDBOX

Video summaries are sent to the VidSummize backend after each summarize click.

Clicking summarize sends video details and the generated summary to VidSummize's Cloud Functions backend: video ID, title, author, summary text, language, OS, and video length, plus page and tab context described in the claim evidence.

01EvidenceCAUSE EFFECT
What actually happens
You did this

You click the summarize action for a YouTube video.

The extension did this

The extension sends video metadata, generated summary text, and page context to the VidSummize Cloud Functions backend.

02EvidenceNETWORK CAPTURE
Captured request
POSThttps://us-central1-vidsummize.cloudfunctions.net/writeNewSummaryWeb
03EvidenceFIELD TABLE
Fields in the request
FieldValueWhy it matters
Video page URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ (illustrative)Identifies the YouTube page being summarized.
Video page title
Example video title (illustrative)Describes the specific video or page associated with the summary.
Page content
Transcript and visible page text (illustrative)Provides content from the YouTube page that can include the material used to build the summary.
Tab context
Active YouTube tab metadata (illustrative)Links the request to the active browser tab where the summary was requested.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2.9. 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

Updated 30 September 2026gidcfccogfdmkfdfmhfdmfnibafoopic