Youtube Container

Youtube Container is a fork from facebook container that isolates your Youtube activity from the rest of your web activity in order to prevent Youtube from tracking you outside of the Youtube website via third party cookies.

Youtube Container - Firefox Add-on

Youtube Container is a Firefox add-on that isolates your Youtube activity from the rest of your web activity to prevent tracking through third party cookies.

Add-on stats

Manifest V2
Daily users: 483
-10
Rating: 2.75
(16)
Version: 1.3.1resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Version code: 5730635
Creation date: 2018-03-31
Weekly download count: 12
Firefox on Android: Yes
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • browsingData
  • contextualIdentities
  • cookies
  • management
  • storage
  • tabs
  • webRequestBlocking
  • webRequest
Size: 27.61K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Isolates YouTube from other websites
  • The developer is eager to fix issues
  • Easy to use
  • Works flawlessly for Youtube.com
Cons
  • Conflict with other containers and Google container extension
  • May cause high CPU utilization
  • Constant thrashing on the tab bar
  • Possible loss of browser data
  • Reloads all youtube tabs at once
  • Two tabs flickering when opening youtube.de
  • Needs rewrite of code
Most mentioned
  • Conflict with Google container
  • Issues with tab loading
  • Loss of sessions when clicking on links
User reviews

Trash since it conflicts with other containers.
by Hannibal Lecter, 2021-01-16

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Youtube Container requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Youtube Container is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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