Is X Video Downloader 2026 safe?
X Video Downloader 2026 reads X/Twitter authorization and CSRF credentials to fetch video metadata after a download click.
When its toolbar button is used on x.com or twitter.com, the extension observes X/Twitter GraphQL request headers and stores the bearer Authorization value locally. It reads the x.com ct0 cookie and sends both credentials to X's TweetResultByRestId GraphQL endpoint to retrieve video variants for the browser download.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.0.3. 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 twitter.com
https://twitter.com/*
Read and change your data on x.com
https://x.com/*
Read and change your data on cdn.syndication.twimg.com
https://cdn.syndication.twimg.com/*
Start, monitor and manage your downloads
downloads
Store data in your browser
storage
Read and change cookies, including the ones that keep you signed in
cookies
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed X Video Downloader 2026 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.
- x.com
X Video Downloader 2026 sends data to x.com. 22 other extensions we have analysed send data here.