✅ Public: Searchable. ✅ Unlisted: Needs a link (cannot be found via extension). ✅ Private: Impossible to view without login access.
Creators use unlisted videos for sensitive tasks: sharing raw cuts with editors, sending wedding footage to family, or hosting a tutorial for a specific class. The expectation isn't that the video is military-grade encrypted; the expectation is that nobody is looking for it . An extension that breaks that social contract doesn't just violate YouTube's Terms of Service; it violates a fundamental human assumption about privacy in semi-public spaces.
✅ Public: Searchable. ✅ Unlisted: Needs a link (cannot be found via extension). ✅ Private: Impossible to view without login access.
Creators use unlisted videos for sensitive tasks: sharing raw cuts with editors, sending wedding footage to family, or hosting a tutorial for a specific class. The expectation isn't that the video is military-grade encrypted; the expectation is that nobody is looking for it . An extension that breaks that social contract doesn't just violate YouTube's Terms of Service; it violates a fundamental human assumption about privacy in semi-public spaces.