Is HLS Player - m3u8 Streaming Player safe?

Clean risk

This extension plays .m3u8 HTTP Live Streaming content in the browser.

It provides an HLS playback client that uses HTML5 video and MediaSource Extensions. The description says it transmuxes MPEG-2 Transport Stream and AAC/MP3 streams into MP4 fragments, with Web Worker support when available.

HLS Playerv3.1.1Chrome Web Store
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What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 3.1.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Read and change your data on every site you visit

    *://*/*.m3u8* and 1 more

  • Read and change your data on every secure site you visit

    https://*/*

  • Read files on your computer that you open in the browser

    file:///*

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

Updated 30 September 2026eakdijdofmnclopcffkkgmndadhbjgka