Is dict.cc context menu safe?
dict.cc context menu sends selected page text to dict.cc over an unencrypted HTTP search URL.
When you use its selection context menu, it reads the highlighted text and opens http://www.dict.cc/?s=... in a new tab. Because the search URL uses HTTP, the selected text travels in the page URL query string without HTTPS protection.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 1.1.1. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed dict.cc context menu contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.
- www.dict.cc
dict.cc context menu sends data to www.dict.cc. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.