Is InstaNote: Download and Save Video for IG safe?
InstaNote is medium risk. Downloading or saving Instagram content sends the current page URL and browser details to an Alibaba Cloud Logging endpoint, including URL/referrer context and tab-activity metadata tied to the action.
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Findings
Instagram actions send page URL and browser details to Alibaba logging.
Downloading or saving Instagram content sends the current page URL and browser details to an Alibaba Cloud Logging endpoint, including URL/referrer context and tab-activity metadata tied to the action.
What actually happens
The user clicks an extension action on Instagram or another supported page.
The extension includes the current page URL, referrer context, and browser details in a logging payload.
Captured request
Fields in the request
- Current page URLhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/ABC123/ (illustrative)
Shows which Instagram or supported page was open when the extension action ran.
- Referrer pagehttps://www.instagram.com/p/XYZ789/ (illustrative)
Provides page context that can identify the content or location associated with the action.
- Tab activity contextext_download_video_chrome (illustrative)
Connects the logged action to the browser tab and extension feature being used.
What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.8.5. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
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