Is YouTube Focus Mode safe?
YouTube Focus Mode sends visible YouTube video IDs to the YouTube Data API to filter videos by category.
When you browse YouTube, the extension collects video IDs from visible thumbnails and watch pages. It sends those IDs to the YouTube Data API to retrieve snippet and statistics data, then uses the returned categories to hide or show videos according to your focus settings.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.0. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed YouTube Focus Mode 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.
- youtube.googleapis.com
YouTube Focus Mode sends data to youtube.googleapis.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.