Archive.org has an extension that automatically downloads web pages you visit - eviltoast
  • LoafyLemon@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    How safe is it to have automatic page saving enabled when using websites that require an account? Can it potentially dox oneself?

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      1 year ago

      it doesn’t literally scrape the web page off your browser, it just sends a download request to the internet archive to download the webpage associated with the URL that you’re visiting

      -replying from kbin because lemmy just wouldn’t let me reply… I’d been trying for over 20 minutes.

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        1 year ago

        I wasn’t sure if it was using the client to capture the snapshot or not, better safe than sorry! Thanks for explaining.