Is Background Video Player safe?

Clean risk

Plays YouTube and Vimeo videos in the background for continued audio while you use other tabs or apps.

This extension lets you keep video audio playing while multitasking, with support described for YouTube and Vimeo. It provides playback controls such as pause, skip, rewind, speed adjustment, and queue management for continuous playback. Its site access is limited to YouTube, YouTube-nocookie, and Vimeo pages.

Dr. B. R. ShriradhakrishnasharnamFirefox Add-ons
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Who publishes it

Dr. B. R. Shriradhakrishnasharnam - no other listings under this identity

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Background Video Player contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • youtube.comwidely used

    Background Video Player sends data to youtube.com. A widely used service: 45 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • youtube-nocookie.com

    Background Video Player sends data to youtube-nocookie.com. 6 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • vimeo.com

    Background Video Player sends data to vimeo.com. 2 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 15 October 2026amo-2870036