The videoCapture permission
An extension holding videoCapture can
use your camera.
We weight it 22 out of 100 when scoring how much an extension can reach. That is a measure of capability, not of behaviour: plenty of extensions need this to do their job.
- Extensions we track using it
- 153
- Share of those we have checked
- 0.2%
- Risk weight
- 22/100
Who asks for it
Out of the 67,225 extensions we have examined, 153 declare this permission. These are the largest of them by user count.
| Extension | Platform | Users | Reach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Transcreen | Manifest V2 | 80k | 100 |
| IPEVO Whiteboard | Manifest V2 | 30k | 82 |
| Webcam | Manifest V2 | 10k | 42 |
| App Launcher for Inbox by Gmail App | Manifest V2 | 7k | 52 |
| CamDesk | Manifest V2 | 6k | 42 |
| ClassSend | Manifest V2 | 2k | 44 |
| GB Browser | Manifest V2 | 1k | 82 |
| Personlig Sentralbord | Manifest V2 | 1k | 70 |
| Alpha Browser 2.0 | Manifest V2 | 754 | 82 |
| OpenTouch Conversation One | Manifest V2 | 369 | 62 |
| Aikuma NG | Manifest V2 | 253 | 42 |
| Goat Simulator | Manifest V2 | 170 | 64 |
| iZND - WD My Cloud | Manifest V2 | 153 | 54 |
| Swapcast | Manifest V2 | 88 | 100 |
| SenderServices.com | Manifest V2 | 69 | 64 |
| Game Boy Selfie | Manifest V2 | 55 | 22 |
| Meeting Fuse | Manifest V2 | 41 | 52 |
| Ascii Camera Capture Example | Manifest V2 | 40 | 42 |
| App APIs REPL | unknown | 31 | 100 |
| Ivy Phone | Manifest V2 | 27 | 70 |
| Uptasia | Manifest V2 | 22 | 54 |
| Infochannel 365 | Manifest V2 | 13 | 100 |
| OmniView-Solo | Manifest V3 | 11 | 22 |
| Crashlands | Manifest V2 | 8 | 64 |
| T4T Second Grade | Manifest V2 | 7 | 54 |
Counts are of extensions we have checked ourselves, not of the whole Chrome Web Store. Chrome's own reference for developers: developer.chrome.com. How we weight permissions