Is IG Downloader|Photos, Videos, Reels & Stories safe?
IG Downloader sends selected Instagram media URLs to downloader-api.ext-api.com when you click its download button.
The extension adds download controls on Instagram posts, reels, and stories. When you use those controls, it sends the selected Instagram URL to downloader-api.ext-api.com to resolve downloadable media, then starts the browser download for the returned file.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.9. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every secure site you visit
https://*/*
Store data in your browser
storage
Sign you in with your Google account
identity
See the email address of your Google account
identity.email
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed IG Downloader|Photos, Videos, Reels & Stories 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.
- downloader-api.ext-api.com
IG Downloader|Photos, Videos, Reels & Stories sends data to downloader-api.ext-api.com. No other extension we have analysed sends data here.