Is PocketTube: Youtube Subscription Manager safe?
PocketTube sends a persistent UUID-linked event log to Mixpanel, including IP geolocation, on every tracked user interaction.
On installation, PocketTube generates a hex UUID stored in chrome.storage and uses it as a Mixpanel distinct_id on every subsequent analytics call. Events such as extension install, popup opens, playlist interactions, and channel visits are encoded and transmitted to api.mixpanel.com/track with the ?ip=1 flag, which instructs Mixpanel to record and geolocate the sender's IP address. The analytics payload also includes browser type, YouTube language, and extension version.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itDima Nabok - no other listings under this identity, 5 shared hostnames
Dima Nabok - no other listings under this identity, 5 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 5 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 18.10.8. 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/*
Schedule its own background tasks
alarms
Store data in your browser
storage
Store an unlimited amount of data in your browser
unlimitedStorage
Sign you in with your Google account
identity
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed PocketTube: Youtube Subscription Manager 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.
- api.mixpanel.comwidely used
PocketTube: Youtube Subscription Manager sends data to api.mixpanel.com. A widely used service: 38 other extensions we have analyzed send data here.