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Privacy Policy — Homebound: Timeline Exporter (Chrome extension)

Privacy Policy — Homebound: Timeline Exporter

Last updated: 2026-06-01

This Chrome extension exports a copy of your own X (formerly Twitter) profile timeline (posts and their attached media) so you can keep it on your own computer. It exists to help you own and archive data you already created.

What the extension accesses

While you are signed in to X and actively running an export, the extension reads, from the pages you visit on x.com:

  • The text of your own posts/replies shown on your profile timeline.
  • Timestamps and permalinks for those entries.
  • Media (images/video) attached to those entries, fetched from X's content servers (pbs.twimg.com, video.twimg.com).

It does not read other people's private data, direct messages, or anything outside your own profile timeline.

What happens to that data

  • Everything is processed locally, in your browser.
  • The result is assembled into a ZIP file and saved to your computer via the browser's normal download mechanism.
  • No data is transmitted to the extension's author or to any third-party server. There is no analytics, no tracking, no telemetry, no account, and no remote storage.
  • The extension does not sell, share, or transfer any user data.

Permissions and why they are needed

  • scripting, tabs, activeTab, sidePanel, host access to *.x.com / *.twitter.com / pbs.twimg.com / video.twimg.com — to read your timeline pages and download attached media as you export them.
  • storage — to keep small operational state (export progress) on your device.

The resulting ZIP is saved through the browser's normal in-page download prompt; the extension does not request the broad downloads permission.

Data retention

The extension stores no personal data. Small operational state (e.g. export progress) lives in the browser's local extension storage on your device and can be cleared by removing the extension.

Contact

This is an open-source tool (AGPL-3.0). Source, issues, and contact details are in the project repository.

Not affiliated with X Corp.

This tool is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by X Corp. "X" and "Twitter" are used only to describe the source of the data you are exporting.

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