Privacy

Privacy of Extensions

The extensions are very simple and do not perform any background processing. While the browsers can warn you that the browser extension may access sensitive information, the important word here is may. In order for the extension to access the link that you right-click on, the extension needs access to the DOM hierarchy which means access to the entire webpage content. If you are on a webpage with a sign in form, the extension could theoretically access this information.

Downie extensions, of course, do not do this. For complete transparency, Downie extensions are fully open-sourced and you can easily build your own copy and use that one if you do not trust the officially distributed extensions.