Is 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) safe?
Improve YouTube! modifies the YouTube interface and sends optional requests to googleapis.com using a bundled default API key for public video and channel metadata lookups.
The extension runs on youtube.com pages and applies cosmetic and functional changes such as night mode, sidebar adjustments, and player customization. When optional appearance features are enabled, it makes read-only requests to the YouTube Data API (googleapis.com) to fetch public video and channel metadata, falling back to a hardcoded API key if the user has not configured their own. No user credentials or private browsing data are sent in these requests.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itcode-for-charity - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
code-for-charity - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 1 hostname
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 4.2400. 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/*
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed 'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) 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
'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) sends data to www.googleapis.com. A widely used service: 48 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.
- returnyoutubedislikeapi.com
'Improve YouTube!' 🎧 (For YouTube & Video) sends data to returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. 10 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.