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Instagram Background Play + PiP

Chrome extension
69
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

Instagram Background Play + PiP's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
13%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 380,909 extensions
In Productivity
17%of productivity extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 182,728 productivity extensions
Findings
30
median 16Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
5
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
51
median 14vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 30 distinct issues across 6 severities
30
distinct issues
detected

Permissions requested

3 risky permissions of 5 total
3 high-risk permissions require attention
This extension requests 5 permissions in total. 3 of them grant broad capabilities that are worth a careful look.
High
Manage downloads

Can initiate downloads and access your download history

High
Observe web requests

Can monitor all network requests made by the browser

High
Access browser cookies

Can read and modify cookies, potentially accessing login sessions

Low
Create offscreen documents

Can create hidden documents for background processing tasks

Low
Block network requests (declarative)

Can block or redirect network requests using predefined rules without seeing content

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