Dumb Down — Google Messages login helper

Name: Dumb Down — Google Messages login helper
Author: Jack Nugent

Sends your Google Messages login to your Dumb Down flip phone via QR code. Nothing leaves your computer except to your own phone.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

50 ▲ 5

Data as of 2026-08-19

Version:

1.5.6

Last updated: 2026-06-29

Features & Capabilities

Google removed QR pairing for Messages-for-web, so linking Google Messages now means signing into your Google account and transferring that session to your phone – this helper does that safely for the dumb phone 2 at dumb.co.

How it works:

You sign into Google in a private window.
The add-on reads that window's login cookies and shows them as a QR code.
The Dumb Down companion app scans the QR and forwards the login to your phone over an encrypted relay.

Why a private window? Google rotates its session cookie about every 30 minutes and only one holder can rotate it. A login captured from your everyday browser profile would sign your phone out within half an hour; a private window you close afterward keeps your phone linked.

Privacy: the add-on only reads your Google cookies and draws them on screen. It makes no network requests of its own – your login never leaves your computer except when your own phone scans the QR.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Jack Nugent

Daily users:

50 5

Version:

1.5.6 Last updated: 2026-06-29

Version code:

6319411

Creation date:

2026-06-22

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

*://*.google.com/*

Size:

54.38KB

Email:

ja*****@dumb.co

URLs:

Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-19

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 15,620 ▲ 772

Other rankings

#14 in messages keyword 33 ▲ 1#23 in message keyword 31 ▲ 1#34 in login keyword 11 ▲ 1#70 in phone keyword 42 #123 in usage keyword 36 ▼ 1

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Contact the developer

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Developed by:

Jack Nugent

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dumb-down-login/

Email:

ja*****@dumb.co

Website:

https://dumb.co

Is Dumb Down — Google Messages login helper Safe?

Risk impact

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Dumb Down — Google Messages login helper requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: google.com

Risk likelihood

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Dumb Down — Google Messages login helper is recently added, and hasn't been around long enough for us to gather enough data to accurately assess its risk level.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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