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Scope: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Distractions

Firefox extension·by Gajesh Chouhan
83
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Scope: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Distractions's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
45%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 397,522 extensions
In Privacy & Security
38%of privacy & security extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 12,494 privacy & security extensions
Findings
9
median 5Lower is safer
Critical findings
1
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
8
median 4Declared in manifest
Active users
2
median 3vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 9 distinct issues across 6 severities
9
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

1 risky permission of 8 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 8 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs

Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs

Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Medium
Monitor navigation

Can observe and track tab navigation events and URL changes

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

Low
Block network requests (declarative)

Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content

Info
https://www.youtube.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://m.youtube.com/*

No additional information available.

Info
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/*

No additional information available.

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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Aug 24, 2026
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