Disable Page Visibility API
Prevent websites from tracking whether you are currently in another tab/ window.
What is Disable Page Visibility API?
"Disable Page Visibility API" is an essential Edge add-on, primarily designed to protect your privacy. It inhibits websites, particularly video conferencing systems, from detecting if you are in their specific tab or interacting with a different window. Users can access the source code through Github for transparency. The add-on icon is based on 'Expand New Tab' by Syafiqa Fickle of the Noun Project under CC BY.
Add-on stats
By: Marvin Schopf
Users: 799
Creation date: 2021-02-04
Manifest version: 2
Size: 40.20K
URLs: Website
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Add-on summary
This addon disables the Page Visibility API. This prevents, for example, video conferencing systems from detecting whether you are in their tab or in another window.
The source code of this add-on can be found here: https://github.com/marvinschopf/disable-page-visibility-api
The addon's icon is a derivative of "Expand New Tab" by Syafiqa Fickle from the Noun Project, used under CC BY.
User reviews
works great
by Chi, 2024-11-02
Handy extensions for annoying site behaviour like stopping playback or download timers when the tab loses focus. But beware it can break sites in subtle ways, like on vSphere it breaks renaming VMs. So recommend you use extension details and set 'Site access' to the specific sites instead of it being on by default everywhere.
by Richard, 2024-09-18
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Disable Page Visibility API requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Disable Page Visibility API has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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