Disable Page Visibility API (Android compatible)

Name: Disable Page Visibility API (Android compatible)
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: futpib

By: futpib

Firefox add-on to disable the Page Visibility API. This prevents e.g. video conferencing systems from tracking whether you are currently in another window.

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Features & Capabilities

The Page Visibility API is used by webpages to detect if they are visible.

Some websites, among them Twitch and YouTube, use this information to pause video playback in background tabs. This add-on disables the API for all pages.

Pausing playback of a video or other processing in a background tab is useful to save energy. So only enable this add-on if you can afford it.

There are other ways to detect if a webpage is visible, e.g. onblur/onfocus. This add-on does not disable any of those other ways. So do not assume that this add-on will enhance your privacy.

Unlike other add-ons with same functionality, this one works on Firefox for Android.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

futpib

Daily users:

Rating:

4.20

(5)

Version:

1.1 Last updated: 2022-04-04

Version code:

5386425

Creation date:

2022-03-26

Risk:

Content scripts matches:

Size:

62.03KB

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Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-20

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 14,920 ▼ 14

Other rankings

#5 in visibility keyword 23

#28 in android keyword 26 ▲ 1

#49 in disable keyword 25

#142 in compare keyword 19 ▼ 4

#203 in company keyword 8 ▲

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Developed by:

futpib

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/disable_page_visibility_api/

Website:

https://github.com/futpib/disable-page-visibility-api

User Reviews

by ^5*****, 2025-08-10

did not work for aarp.org videos

by Fi*****, 2025-07-10

by 远离*****, 2025-04-11

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Is Disable Page Visibility API (Android compatible) Safe?

Risk impact

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Disable Page Visibility API (Android compatible) requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

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Disable Page Visibility API (Android compatible) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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