Is SPV-2 - Side Panel Visualizer safe to install?

What data it declares

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data:

• Website content such as text, images or links on the pages you open

The developer also certifies that your data is not sold to third parties outside approved uses, not used for purposes unrelated to the extension's core function, and not used to decide creditworthiness or lending.

The listing links to a privacy policy.

This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

What Chrome asks you to allow

When you add it, Chrome asks you to allow it to:

• Read and change all your data on all websites
• Read your browsing history

Derived from the manifest by Chrome's documented rules; the dialog's exact wording depends on your Chrome version and language. Chrome asks again if an update requests more.

What it can reach

Specific sites only: 10 match patterns.

• *://*.youtube.com/* youtube.com and all its subdomains
• *://*.soundcloud.com/* soundcloud.com and all its subdomains
• *://*.bandcamp.com/* bandcamp.com and all its subdomains
• *://strudel.cc/* only strudel.cc
• *://open.spotify.com/* only open.spotify.com
• *://music.apple.com/* only music.apple.com
• *://music.amazon.co.jp/* only music.amazon.co.jp
• *://*.tidal.com/* tidal.com and all its subdomains
• *://*.beatport.com/* beatport.com and all its subdomains
• *://*.mixcloud.com/* mixcloud.com and all its subdomains

Reaches your browsing data or every site

• Capture the contents of a tab tabCapture
• See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs

Worth knowing

• Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting

Routine for an extension

• Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
• Run work in a hidden page offscreen
• Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
• Store data in your browser storage

What it may ask for later

Not granted when you add it: Chrome asks you the moment the extension requests one of these, and you can refuse. It may later ask for access to every site.

• <all_urls> every site

How usual this is for its category

In Lifestyle · Entertainment, 12% of extensions ask for access to every site. This one: Access to specific sites only.

The typical extension there declares 2 browser permissions; this one declares 7 browser permissions.

• Capture the contents of a tab (tabCapture): 3% of extensions in this category ask for it.
• See the address and title of every tab you have open (tabs): 17% of extensions in this category ask for it.

Counted over the live extensions of the same category after our latest full pass of the store. A share is context, not a verdict: what is normal depends on what the extension is for.

Who uses it and how it is kept up

162 users

• Last updated in the store 125 days ago, on 2026-07-02.
• No new version in the last 90 days.

What the store shows

• Established publisher The store's badge for publishers with a good record and no history of violations.

Has it asked for more over time?

This is the question a permission list on its own cannot answer. An extension that shipped narrow and widened later is a different proposition from one that always asked for the same thing.

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Who publishes it

tipsytapstudio. This listing has been in the store since 2026-04-06 and was last updated on 2026-07-02.

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1. Sound Wave Visualizer Runs its code on every site · 3 permissions 76 users ★ 5.0
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How to check or remove it in Chrome

1. Type chrome://extensions in the address bar and find the extension in the list.
2. Open its details. The site access setting shows where it can run; set it to run only on click and it reaches a page only after you press its icon.
3. To uninstall it, choose Remove on the same page.

Questions people ask

What can SPV-2 - Side Panel Visualizer access?

Specific sites only: 10 match patterns. It declares 7 browser permissions.

What data does SPV-2 - Side Panel Visualizer collect?

The developer declares that it collects these kinds of data: Website content. This is the developer's own declaration in the Chrome Web Store. We cannot check it against what the extension does.

Has SPV-2 - Side Panel Visualizer asked for more permissions over time?

The permissions this extension requests have not changed since we started watching it.

Does SPV-2 - Side Panel Visualizer publish a privacy policy?

Yes, the store listing links to a privacy policy.