Is Open with VLC safe?

Clean risk

Open with VLC opens the current page or selected media URL through the local vlc:// protocol handler.

When you click the toolbar button, context menu, or configured popup auto-open option, the extension passes the active tab URL, link, frame, video, or audio URL to Chrome as a vlc:// URL. The stored claim does not identify a remote network endpoint or external data recipient.

Stefanv1.5.2Chrome Web Store
0Risk
Who publishes it

Stefan - 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.

Publisher
Stefan

Same store account

1 other listing published from this account, 80k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

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

Publishers can request a review.

What it can do

Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.5.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.

  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click the extension

    activeTab

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open

    tabs

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Add items to the right-click menu

    contextMenus

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

Updated 30 September 2026jcccmhdgkfinhddlhpahoeofmdlljglh