AbductoPrivacy policy
Last updated: November 1, 2026
The short version
Abducto has no account, no analytics, no ads and no servers of its own. It doesn’t collect, sell or share personal data. Everything it does happens in your browser, and it only connects to the websites you download from.
What Abducto stores, and where
| Data | Where | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your settings (file-name templates, buttons, speed) | Chrome sync storage | So your preferences follow your Chrome profile. Chrome syncs it; Abducto never sees it. |
| Telegram download history (the message ID, file name and date of each file you saved) | Local storage on your device | To mark files as “Saved” in batch lists. You can clear it in Settings. |
| The current download list | Session storage | So progress survives the background worker restarting. Cleared when Chrome closes. |
| A count of finished downloads, and whether you dismissed the review prompt | Local storage on your device | To ask for a review once, after you’ve saved a few files. |
None of this leaves your browser except through Chrome’s own sync, if you have it turned on.
Network requests
Abducto fetches only the media you ask it to download, from the site that hosts it. To make hotlink-protected files work, it sends the page’s own Referer and Origin headers with those requests. It never sends your browsing history, page contents or downloads anywhere else.
Why it asks for each permission
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
<all_urls> host access | Finding videos, audio, images and files on the pages you visit, and downloading them from their sites. |
webRequest | Seeing which media files and stream playlists a page loads, including videos behind streaming players. It reads request URLs only; it never blocks or changes them. |
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess | Adding the page’s Referer/Origin to Abducto’s own download requests, so protected CDNs accept them. |
downloads, downloads.open | Saving files, and the Open / Show in folder buttons. |
offscreen | Assembling HLS/DASH stream pieces into one MP4. |
sidePanel | The Abducto panel. |
storage | Settings and the history described above. |
notifications | Telling you when a long download finishes. You can turn this off. |
contextMenus | The right-click “Download with Abducto” items. |
favicon | Showing the current site’s icon in the panel. |
Children
Abducto isn’t directed at children and doesn’t knowingly collect any information from anyone.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions? Email immadiuttej4@gmail.com.