Is I.G Downloader safe?
I.G Downloader sends selected Instagram page URLs to savethevideo.app when users click its injected download buttons.
The extension adds download buttons on Instagram posts, reels, stories, audio pages, profiles, and feed items. When a user clicks one, it opens savethevideo.app with the selected Instagram URL encoded in the query string.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.2. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Store data in your browser
storage
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed I.G Downloader contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- savethevideo.app
I.G Downloader sends data to savethevideo.app. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.