You Can Download Any Spotify Song As An MP3 With This Chrome Extension


At long last, Spotify has launched the web extension it introduced last year. Unfortunately, it left a gaping security vulnerability that leaves the songs wide-open to download with a simple Chrome extension. UPDATED.

According to the developer of Downloadify, Spotify neglected to encrypt the Mp3s coming across the web to your browser to your ears. They even suggest a potential fix for the problem. Until the problem is fixed, Downloadify will let you pull down an MP3 of any track just by double-clicking it.

It’s definitely illegal. Do with this knowledge what you will. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Update: It appears Downloadify has been pulled from the the Chrome store. If it’s already installed on your computer (or you can find another way to get it) it still works.

Update 2: Here’s a very special message from the man supposedly behind Downloadify: