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ehmorris / High-Resolution-Downloader-For-Instagram

A Chrome extension for easily downloading high resolution copies of any Instagram photo, video, or story.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Instagram accuses "Automated Behavior on Your Account" by using this extension #71

Open leledumbo opened 7 months ago

leledumbo commented 7 months ago

Expected Behavior

I can use Instagram normally with occassional downloading using this extension

Actual Behavior

Instagram warns that my action mimics a bot, and after a few downloads will logs me out of my every other device except the latest one. I start recognizing this might be due to this extension when I try it also on another account, which is seldom logged in. The same warning and logging out behavior also happens there not long after I start using this extension.

Steps To Reproduce The Behavior

This is just an estimate, but will usually work:

  1. Go to a profile
  2. Open a post then download, repeat for several others (guess 10 posts are enough?)
  3. Sooner or later a warning message will be given
ehmorris commented 6 months ago

Interesting. This extension is much less API-oriented than many others - something I've intentionally avoided for this exact reason. For the most part the extension simply grabs images you've already downloaded. For videos however it does make a GET request to the API: https://github.com/ehmorris/High-Resolution-Downloader-For-Instagram/blob/master/content/src/getMediaUrl.js#L43C7-L48

I'll consider removing this, but it will basically mean the extension won't work for video at all anymore.