Is WA Web Plus by Elbruz Technologies Safe? — Extension Safety Profile

This extension is designed to enhance WhatsApp Web with extra features. To do that, it requests access to *://web.whatsapp.com/*, which lets it read and modify your WhatsApp Web page content, messages, and media. It also connects to its own domain at wawplus.com. The activeTab permission limits some access to when you interact with the extension, while storage and unlimitedStorage allow it to save settings or data locally. The identity and identity.email permissions can request your Google account email, which is somewhat unusual for a general browser extension and goes beyond basic functionality.

For any extension that interacts with a messaging platform, a careful user should consider that it can see private conversations. While this is expected for a WhatsApp enhancement tool, the risk is higher if the extension’s publisher is not well-known or transparent. The developer states they collect personally identifiable information and do not sell it, but users should still be mindful of who has access to their chat data.

In our assessment, this extension scored very high on Community Reputation and Permissions & Access, reflecting strong user ratings and a reasonably scoped permission set. Its weakest dimension is Publisher & Identity, which suggests limited publicly documented information about the company behind it. This doesn’t indicate wrongdoing, but it means users have less external assurance about long-term trustworthiness.