SECURITY REPORT · EXTENSHI SCAN
Background Playback Helper (YouTube & Vimeo)
Firefox extension·by Phase3
0
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
EXCELLENT
Looks clean. No meaningful risks detected in this scan.
Automated analysis of publicly available code — not a professional security audit. It may produce false positives and does not prove an extension is unsafe or safe. Treat it as one signal among many. Disclaimer · Report an issue
How it ranks
Background Playback Helper (YouTube & Vimeo)'s safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
95.8%of extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked across every extension we scan
In its category
85.8%of its category extensions carry more risk
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked within its category
Findings
3
median 38Lower is safer
Risky permissions
1
median 1Critical + high perms
Total permissions
5
median 4All declared perms
Critical findings
0
median 2Severity = Critical
Findings breakdown
Automated security signal · 3 distinct issues across 6 severities
3
distinct issues
detected
detected
Scanners reported 6 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.
Critical00%
High133%
Needs Review00%
Medium00%
Low267%
Info00%
Permissions requested
1 risky permission of 5 total
1 high-risk permission require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 1 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
View open tabs
Can see URLs and titles of all open tabs
Medium
Store local data
Can save data locally in the browser for persistence
Info
*://*.youtube.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.youtube-nocookie.com/*
No additional information available.
Info
*://*.vimeo.com/*
No additional information available.
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Scan performed by extenshi.io · Jul 25, 2026· partial run (some scanners failed)
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