Is YouTube Subtitle Downloader Safe? — Extension Safety Profile

This extension requests the storage, sidePanel, and tabs permissions, plus access to its own website at antonkhoteev.com. It does not request permission to access YouTube pages directly, so it cannot read or modify your YouTube activity. The tabs permission allows it to detect tab URLs (for example, to know you are on a YouTube video), and sidePanel lets it provide an interface. This limited scope is narrower than some video downloaders and helps reduce exposure.

Subtitle downloaders often relay requests to external servers, and this extension’s host access to the developer’s site suggests that subtitle processing may happen there. The developer states they collect personally identifiable information, so a careful user should review the privacy policy on the publisher’s site and consider whether account details or other data are necessary for the tool to work. As with any browser tool that handles title or URL data, be aware that the tabs permission can technically see the addresses of all open tabs, though it cannot read page content without extra host permissions.

The strongest safety dimension is Maintenance & Ownership (85%), reflecting the recent update and high version number, which indicate active upkeep. The weakest dimension is Publisher & Identity (60%), suggesting limited publicly available information about the developer’s background or organizational transparency. The extension enjoys a high community rating (4.8/5 from 548 users), but no rating system alone can guarantee privacy practices, so minimal granted permissions and a clear privacy notice remain valuable signs of a safer extension.