Is HP Dynamic Audio safe?
HP Dynamic Audio captures URLs, page titles, and media sources from streaming sites and forwards them to a locally installed native app.
On supported audio and video streaming sites (including Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, and others), the extension monitors page navigation, inline script tags, and media elements. It captures the current URL, page title, script text, and media source URLs, then relays that data continuously to a native host process named 'com.soundresearch.contentclassifier' installed on the local machine. No data appears to leave the local machine — all communication targets the native app via the browser's native messaging API.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itUnblocked Guys - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Unblocked Guys - 1 other listing from the same operator, none carrying a finding
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Same store account
1 other listing published from this account, 2k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1.4.4. 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 audible.com
http://*.audible.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on overdrive.com
http://*.overdrive.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on meet.google.com
http://meet.google.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on pandora.com
http://*.pandora.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on soundcloud.com
http://*.soundcloud.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on spotify.com
http://*.spotify.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on myspace.com
http://*.myspace.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on tunein.com
http://*.tunein.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on last.com
http://*.last.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on iheart.com
http://*.iheart.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on allmusic.com
http://*.allmusic.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on music.amazon.com
http://music.amazon.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on amazon.com
http://*.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on hulu.com
http://*.hulu.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on netflix.com
http://*.netflix.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on disneyplus.com
http://*.disneyplus.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on hbo.com
http://*.hbo.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on crackle.com
http://*.crackle.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on popcornflix.com
http://*.popcornflix.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on vudu.com
http://*.vudu.com/* and 1 more
Read and change your data on youtube.com
http://*.youtube.com/* and 1 more
Talk to a program installed on your computer, outside the browser's sandbox
nativeMessaging
Run its own code inside the pages you visit
scripting
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed HP Dynamic Audio 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.
- com.soundresearch.contentclassifier (local native host)
HP Dynamic Audio sends data to com.soundresearch.contentclassifier (local native host). Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.
- com.soundresearch.contentclassifier.usb (local native host)
HP Dynamic Audio sends data to com.soundresearch.contentclassifier.usb (local native host). Named as a recipient by 1 other extensions we have analysed.