Is Open in VLC™ safe?

Clean risk

Open selected media links in the VLC desktop player from your browser.

This extension lets you send desired links to the VLC media player installed on your computer. It requires setting the VLC application path in the options page and installing a native-client patch so the browser extension can communicate with the local VLC app.

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Who publishes it

Lynn - 17 other listings 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.

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

Publishers can request a review.

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed Open in VLC™ 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.

  • VLC media player

    Open in VLC™ sends data to VLC media player. Named as a recipient by 3 other extensions we have analysed.

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