# Ask Before Download (Intercept Auto Download)

> Used to prevent unnecessary wasting of mobile network traffic. Will prompt the user to confirm before download. Only Useful on Firefox Android, since other platform won't sliently accept downloads.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-before-download](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-before-download)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ask-before-download`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** StrongOp
- **Category:** download-management,alerts-updates,other
- **Daily users:** 8
- **Rating:** 4.77 / 5 (13 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.8resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-25
- **First published:** 2018-02-25
- **Size:** 63 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ask-before-download/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/strongopx/ask-before-download.fx-ext/issues](https://github.com/strongopx/ask-before-download.fx-ext/issues)

## Description

Ask Before Download (Intercept Auto Download) is a Firefox add-on that prevents unnecessary wasting of mobile network traffic by prompting the user to confirm before starting a download. This add-on is designed specifically for Firefox on Android.

## Rankings

- #35,709 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `tabs`
- `activeTab`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ask-before-download)