Intermission — Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-10-23

Intermission is a browser extension that mutes the current browser tab when it detects an ad break on a supported streaming site, and unmutes it when the show resumes.

Data collection

This extension does not collect, transmit, sell, or share any personal data, browsing history, or video-watching activity. It has no analytics, no third-party trackers, and no remote servers of any kind. Everything it does happens locally in your browser.

What it stores, and where

The extension keeps a small amount of state in your browser's local extension storage (chrome.storage.local), which never leaves your device:

• Which sites you've enabled/disabled the extension for
• Whether debug logging is turned on
• A short rolling log (last ~50 entries) of recent mute/unmute events, used only to show you activity in the extension's popup

None of this is synced to an account, sent to a server, or accessible to anyone but you.

Why it needs the permissions it asks for

• tabs — to mute/unmute the specific browser tab playing the show, and to detect manual mute toggles.
• storage — to save your on/off settings and the local activity log described above.
• commands — to support the optional manual mute keyboard shortcut.
• Host permissions on YouTube, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, and Max/HBO Max — the extension needs to run a small script on these pages to look at the player's on-page state (CSS classes, visible text like "Ad 1 of 3", ad player elements) so it can tell an ad break from regular content. It does not read, store, or transmit anything else from these pages — no account info, no viewing history, no personal data.

Open source

The full source code is public and can be inspected at github.com/JackF-22/Intermission.

Contact

Questions or issues: please open an issue at github.com/JackF-22/Intermission/issues.