Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube

Enables Privacy Enhanced Mode (“YouTube no-cookie”) for all YouTube videos embedded on all websites.

What is Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube?
Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube is a Firefox add-on that enables Privacy Enhanced Mode for YouTube videos embedded on websites. It uses fewer cookies, collects less data, and prevents embedded videos from being recorded in your watch history on YouTube.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 128 ▼ -1
Rating: 4.67 (3)
Version: 1.2.1 (Last updated: 2021-07-20)
Creation date: 2018-08-28
Weekly download count: 3
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 25.48K
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Summary

Privacy Enhanced Mode uses fewer cookies, collects less data, and prevents embedded videos from being recorded in your watch history on YouTube. Learn more.

Open the Options page via the Add-ons Manager to see a running tally of how many times the extension has upgraded you to Privacy Enhanced Mode.

This extension has no effect on the main YouTube website. ‘Embedded videos’ refers to videos hosted by YouTube that have been included on another website.

User reviews

Nice extension, unfortunately breaks some sites like Last.fm
by Capsia, 2020-02-12

by antistress, 2018-11-25
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Safety
Risk impact

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

Privacy Enhanced Mode for Embedded YouTube has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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