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YouTube Background Player

Chrome extension·by ScriptSmith
84
/ 100 SAFETY SCORE
CAUTION
Mostly fine, but a few things worth reviewing before you install.

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How it ranks

YouTube Background Player's safety score vs every other extension we've scanned
Globally
50%of extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 409,539 extensions
In Photos Music Videos
28%of photos music videos extensions carry more risk
This extension
Riskier ←→ Safer
Ranked against 11,181 photos music videos extensions
Findings
13
median 4Lower is safer
Critical findings
0
median 0Severity = Critical
Permissions
2
median 3Declared in manifest
Active users
195
median 6vs category median

Findings breakdown

Automated security signal · 13 distinct issues across 6 severities
13
distinct issues
detected
Scanners reported 16 raw occurrences; repeats of the same issue at the same location are merged here. The list below shows every occurrence.

Permissions requested

2 permissions declared
No risky permissions
2 permissions requested — none are flagged as risky.
Medium
Store local data

Can save data locally in the browser for persistence

Low
Schedule tasks

Can schedule periodic background tasks

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