Algorithmic Personalization Project

The extension makes slight modifications to your YouTube recommendations, and records how you interact with it. No personal information is tracked and collected. Part of an academic research project into the long-term effects of personalization.

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manifest.json

{
  "name": "Algorithmic Personalization Project",
  "version": "3.6.0",
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "https://*.youtube.com/*",
        "https://*.youtu.be/*"
      ],
      "js": [
        "content-script.js"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_end"
    },
    {
      "matches": [
        "https://*.youtube.com/*",
        "https://*.youtu.be/*"
      ],
      "js": [
        "loader-masker.js"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_start"
    }
  ],
  "permissions": [
    "*://*.youtube.com/*",
    "*://*.youtu.be/*",
    "*://personalization-server.csail.mit.edu/*",
    "tabs"
  ],
  "icons": {
    "16": "icon16.png",
    "32": "icon32.png",
    "48": "icon48.png",
    "128": "icon128.png"
  },
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "background.js"
    ]
  },
  "browser_specific_settings": {
    "gecko": {
      "id": "{f5e1a50e-182b-4510-bec5-3025f4820c3d}"
    }
  }
}