[tor-talk] Download Helper

Nunostc nunostc at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 6 18:18:30 UTC 2014


On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 08:55:12 -0500
krishna e bera <keb at cyblings.on.ca> wrote:
> 
> however i think the original question related to saving the videos
> that we are able to see.  currently it is outrageously tricky to do
> so. software that purports to enhance users freedom and privacy
> (namely Firefox) ought to make it straightforward to right-click and
> save any piece of content on the page without having to re-retrieve
> it from the source site.
> 
> the youtube-dl python script often works (with Tor and an http-proxy)
> but we lose all the benefits of TBB.  it also often didnt work as well
> as videodownloadhelper last time i used either of them.
> 

Agree, it would be very nice to be able to have an easy way to download
videos. Download Helper does a great job for non technical users, but I
have no idea how problematic it can be in terms of privacy.

Best,

Nunostc


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