TLDR: Random user id used for counting votes is personal data by law and by mozillas rules. that's why this warning appears.


Thanks for explaining your concern about the data permissions.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels can be unsettling, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

TLDR: Random user id used for counting votes is personal data by law and by mozillas rules. that's why this warning appears.

Thanks for asking about the notification. I understand why it raised concerns.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

The extension only uses data needed to display dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The wording can sound worrying, but it doesn’t give the extension access to any more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

TLDR: Random user id used for counting votes is personal data by law and by mozillas rules. that's why this warning appears.

I understand why that notification made you uncomfortable.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

RYD only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The labels can sound alarming, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Wdym "prevents"? There's a usual X im top right corner - you close it and never see it again. Sorry if it was annoying, most of the money is spent on the hosting servers.

Sorry, it's only supposed to be shown once in a lifetime. Did you see it more than once?

It should only have been once on update install. (i.e. two times in a total of five years, if I'm not mistaken) You have seen it multiple times? Do you have "stock" mozilla - not a modified one? (waterfox, etc)

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Sorry the dislike counts aren’t showing for you. I understand how frustrating that is.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels can sound worrying, but they don’t give the extension access to any more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Thanks for taking the time to look into the permissions and share what you found.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension only uses the data it needs to display dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels sound scary, but they don’t let the extension access any additional websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

I understand why the permission request put you off.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

RYD only uses the data needed to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels can sound alarming, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

I understand that the data-collection labels were upsetting.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what the permission labels refer to:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels sound scary, but they don’t give the extension access to more websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to read the explanation.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

RYD uses only the data needed to display dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels can sound scary, but they don’t expand the set of websites the extension can access.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Thanks for sharing what worried you about the update.

RYD hasn’t changed how it handles your data. What changed is how Mozilla labels these permissions - not what the extension does with your data.

The extension is actually recommended by Mozilla, so they do not consider it harmful or dangerous.

The extension only uses the data it needs to show dislikes and count votes.

Its site permissions cover YouTube and its own API at returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD doesn’t read other websites, and these site permissions cannot be used to access them.

Here’s what those permissions mean:

Personally identifiable information - RYD’s randomly generated, anonymous user ID, used to count votes. This isn’t your Google or YouTube account.

Browsing activity - opening the next YouTube video, so the extension can send its video ID and fetch the new dislike count.

Website content - things like the visible like count, which helps calculate dislike estimates.

Website activity - clicking Like or Dislike.

Again, this is about YouTube activity. The extension isn’t watching everything you do across the internet - it simply can’t do that with these site permissions.

The new labels can sound alarming, but they don’t let the extension access any additional websites.

RYD is open source, so you can see how it works: https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike

Merci d’avoir partagé votre avis sur ces autorisations.

RYD n’a pas changé la façon dont il traite vos données. Ce qui a changé, c’est la façon dont Mozilla présente ces autorisations - pas ce que l’extension fait de vos données.

L’extension est d’ailleurs recommandée par Mozilla, qui ne la considère donc pas comme nuisible ou dangereuse.

L’extension utilise uniquement les données dont elle a besoin pour afficher les mentions « Je n’aime pas » et compter les votes.

Ses autorisations d’accès aux sites couvrent YouTube et sa propre API sur returnyoutubedislikeapi.com. RYD ne lit pas les autres sites, et ces autorisations ne permettent pas d’y accéder.

Voici ce que signifient ces autorisations :

Données personnelles - l’identifiant utilisateur anonyme de RYD, généré aléatoirement et utilisé pour compter les votes. Il ne s’agit pas de votre compte Google ou YouTube.

Activité de navigation - l’ouverture de la vidéo YouTube suivante, pour que l’extension puisse envoyer son identifiant et récupérer le nouveau nombre de mentions « Je n’aime pas ».

Contenu des sites web - des éléments comme le nombre visible de mentions « J’aime », qui aide à calculer les estimations des mentions « Je n’aime pas ».

Activité des sites web - un clic sur « J’aime » ou « Je n’aime pas ».

Encore une fois, il s’agit de l’activité sur YouTube. L’extension ne surveille pas tout ce que vous faites sur Internet - ces autorisations d’accès aux sites ne le lui permettent tout simplement pas.

Les nouveaux intitulés peuvent faire peur, mais ils ne donnent pas à l’extension accès à davantage de sites.

RYD est open source, vous pouvez donc voir comment il fonctionne : https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike