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Y2mate - YouTube Downloader

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Risk Score
2.47
Risk Level: Low
Recommendation: 🚫 BLOCK
Category VideoDownloader
Installs 3,000
Rating 3.0
Last updated 2026-05-14 (1 months ago)
Manifest version MV3
CSP present ❌ no
Developer themfahad@gmail.com
Verified publisher ❌ no
Featured by Google ❌ no
Privacy policy link
Web Store open ↗

Top Risks

  • YouTube brand impersonation by unverified gmail developer — confirmed_owner=false, is_impersonation=true
  • Privacy policy fetched but scope_extension=false and data_collection=true: admits data collection without scoping to this extension (D rule → +10.0)
  • Description promises download but 'downloads' permission absent — permission/description mismatch
  • Free webmail developer (gmail) with no verified business website — classic throwaway pattern
  • External JS host y2mate.technology not verified; ToS-violation risk (YouTube scraping/downloading)

Evidence

  • brand_impersonation store brand_mention.is_impersonation=true, brands_mentioned=['youtube'], confirmed_owner=false, developer_email=gmail.com
  • privacy_policy_generic api Policy fetched, scope_extension=false, data_collection=true, third_party_sharing=false → D rule +10.0
  • description_permission_mismatch crx Promises download but lacks 'downloads' permission; description_promise.mismatches non-empty
  • free_webmail_developer store developer_email=themfahad@gmail.com, developer_domain=gmail.com, no verified business
  • external_js_host crx js_external_hosts=['y2mate.technology']; operator fingerprint includes this domain
  • tos_violation_risk store VideoDownloader category + YouTube brand name = likely ToS-violation (v3.1 rule 7) +2.5
  • no_csp crx content_security_policy=null; MV3 so no +2.0 MV2 penalty but CSP absent
  • cve_findings_empty crx cve_findings_raw=[]; CVE pillar=0.0

Pillar Scores

Permissions0.00
Reputation8.00
Network0.00
Webstore6.50
Maintenance0.00
Privacy10.00
Code Quality0.00
CVE Exposure0.00

Bookkeeping

Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-06-16 08:04
Listing SHA 9e0f7e52a4f4…
Force block — not fired
Score recovered no
Elapsed 45.8s