Is HBOmax Skipper: skip ads and intros safe?

Medium risk

HBOmax Skipper sends account-linked Max profiles, viewing history, and live-event telemetry to external servers.

On Max and HBO Max pages, the extension collects account and profile identifiers, profile details, subscriptions, continue-watching data, and live-event playback details. It uploads viewing-history batches and remote-command results to me3x.online, and sends additional profile data to metricsmint.quest.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

TheBestChromeExtensionsv1.2.53Chrome Web Store
40Risk
Who publishes it

HideApp LLC - 70 other listings from the same operator, 15 of them carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
TheBestChromeExtensions
Declared legal entity
HideApp LLC
Registered address
1021 East Lincolnway, Cheyenne, WY 82001, US
Registered contact
HideApp LLC
Website
support.hideapp.info/support/tickets/new

Same store account

15 other listings published from this account, 252k+ users between them. 2 of them carry a finding.

Hulu Ad Skipper100k+MediumDisney Plus Picture in Picture80k+LowHBO Max HQ: change video quality [QVI]20k+MediumHulu Picture In Picture [QVI]20k+LowHBO Max Picture in Picture [QVI]10k+LowPrime Video Picture In Picture [QVI]10k+Low9 more listings in the relationship graph, on paid plans →

Same operator - 55 listings

Published under a different store account, but sharing the registered address, contact or declared legal entity this one gave the store.

Picture in Picture works with Paramount [QVI]
same registered address
1k+Low
HBO Max Speeder: adjust playback speed [QVI]
same registered address
10k+Low
UltraWide Streaming: custom ratios [QVI]
same registered address
20k+Low
Audio Booster for HBO Max [QVI]
same registered contact
2k+Low
Speeder works with Paramount Plus [QVI]
same registered address
3k+Low
Skip ads and intros, works with Disney Plus [QVI]
same registered address
10k+Low49 more listings in the relationship graph, on paid plans →

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed HBOmax Skipper: skip ads and intros 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.

  • me3x.onlinewidely used

    HBOmax Skipper: skip ads and intros sends data to me3x.online. A widely used service: 46 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

  • metricsmint.questwidely used

    HBOmax Skipper: skip ads and intros sends data to metricsmint.quest. A widely used service: 43 other extensions we have analysed send data here.

Updated 30 September 2026hflphhgpnocilfmkbjpibljgmibjfaej