Is Stream Bypass safe?

Low risk

Stream Bypass accepts media URLs in its web-accessible player and makes extension-origin requests to them.

Stream Bypass exposes a player page that reads media URL, host, referrer, and type values from the page URL. When opened with a known host ID, the player can request the supplied media URL and register a temporary Referer header value for matching HLS or media requests.

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

bytedreamv5.0.0Firefox Add-ons
20Risk
Who publishes it

bytedream - no other listings under this identity, 1 shared hostname

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

Publisher
bytedream

Shared hosts - 1 hostname

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

streamtape.com
Also called by 4 other listings, including OpenVideo - ad-free streaming

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 5.0.0. 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

    <all_urls>

  • Store data in your browser

    storage

  • Run its own code inside the pages you visit

    scripting

  • Watch every request your browser makes

    webRequest

  • Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes

    webRequestBlocking

Updated 30 September 2026amo-2719324