Merlin
WebRTC Control

WebRTC Control

Have control over WebRTC (disable or enable) and protect your IP address.

What is WebRTC Control?
WebRTC Control is a simple yet powerful Firefox add-on, providing control over WebRTC, an API that could potentially expose your real IP address to the public. This tool serves as a toggle button on your toolbar, allowing you to easily disable or enable WebRTC, thereby preventing your IP address from leaking. It requires no settings or configurations, and can disable various WebRTC components like navigator.getUserMedia, window.MediaStreamTrack, window.RTCPeerConnection, and window.RTCSessionDescription.
Download
Merlin
Stats
By: Bernard
Users: 4,483 ▲ 3
Rating: 3.57 (28)
Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2022-07-30)
Creation date: 2015-07-30
Weekly download count: 1,047
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • privacy
  • storage
  • contextMenus
Size: 54.20K
URLs: Website
Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1258 ▼ 8
Other rankings
Upgrade to see more rankings

Other platforms

WebRTC Control
WebRTC Control (v0.3.2)
4.43 (169) 100,000
WebRTC Control
WebRTC Control (v0.3.2)
4.10 (29) 32,932
Want to check extension ranking and stats more quickly for other Firefox add-ons? Install Chrome-Stats extension to view Chrome-Stats data as you browse the Firefox Browser Add-ons.
Chrome-Stats extension
Merlin
Summary
Analyze keywords

WebRTC Control is a Firefox addon that brings you full control over WebRTC and protects your IP address from leak. Toolbar icon serves as a toggle button that enables you to quickly Disable or Enable WebRTC Control addon (note: icon will change once you click on it). Note: this addon does not have any options page, settings or toolbar popup UI.

WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is an API definition drafted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) that supports browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat, and P2P file sharing without the need of either internal or external plugins.

When WebRTC is enabled in your browser, your real IP address will be exposed to the public (even if you're using a masking service such as VPN). But, preventing WebRTC leak helps you protect your IP address. WebRTC Control will also disables the following WebRTC components: a. navigator.getUserMedia b. window.MediaStreamTrack c. window.RTCPeerConnection d. window.RTCSessionDescription

In order to report Bugs, please visit addon homepage and fill the bug report form.

Review on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2yhQKy_sM

User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Helpful for enabling/disabling WebRTC
  • Works fine on various sites
  • Works well for Firefox 60+
Cons
  • Doesn't always work, need to constantly check status
  • Interruption with unsolicited advertising
  • Breaks ABN AMRO Ideal internet banking when enabled
Most mentioned
  • WebRTC control
  • media.peerconnection.enabled
  • Privacy concerns due to permissions and possibility of IP leak
Recent reviews
Always had a lot of problems with WebRTC for applications like Snapdrop - got fed up with using Chrome to do simple file transfers over RTC, and this is working a lot better for enabling/disabling WebRTC. I wish though that I could disable/enable it on a domain/path level, like BitWarden or uBlock or something.
by Firefox user 15278227, 2023-09-18
View all user reviews
Safety
Risk impact

WebRTC Control is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install WebRTC Control if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

WebRTC Control has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Upgrade to see risk analysis details
Screenshots
WebRTC Control WebRTC Control WebRTC Control