Y2mate - YouTube Downloader
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Risk Score
2.47
Risk Level:
Low
Recommendation:
🚫 BLOCK
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
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Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
45.8s