Is YouTube Video Watch Party safe?
YouTube Video Watch Party sets camera and microphone to allow on every https site at install, skipping per-site prompts.
When installed, the extension uses the contentSettings permission to set camera and microphone access to 'allow' for all https:// origins, not just YouTube or party pages. The setting is not reverted by the code. The watch-party feature itself syncs playback and video chat through PeerJS and socket.io servers run by the vendor.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itReturn Youtube Dislikes - 3 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding
Return Youtube Dislikes - 3 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.
Same store account
3 other listings published from this account, 1k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.
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.
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 1.0.0. 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
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Store data in your browser
storage
Change per-site browser settings such as cookies, JavaScript and camera access
contentSettings
Show you desktop notifications
notifications
Block and redirect the requests your browser makes
declarativeNetRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed YouTube Video Watch Party 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.
- all.telenetflixparty.com
YouTube Video Watch Party sends data to all.telenetflixparty.com. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.
- peer.telenetflixparty.com
YouTube Video Watch Party sends data to peer.telenetflixparty.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.