Is Mate Translate – translator, dictionary safe?
Mate Translate sends daily translation statistics and account email to Gikken servers and transmits a persistent device ID at install time.
Each day, the extension collects the user's account email, user ID, and per-language translation counts and POSTs them to asia.gikken.co. On first run, it sends a one-time install beacon to sync.matetranslate.com containing a persistent random UUID, the browser locale, open tab count, and platform identifier. These transmissions occur automatically without prompting the user.
Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.
Who publishes itGikken UG - no other listings under this identity, 12 shared hostnames
Gikken UG - no other listings under this identity, 12 shared hostnames
What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.
Shared hosts - 12 hostnames
Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.
AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.
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What it can do
Permissions this extension asks for, as declared in version 10.1.17. Asking for a permission is not a finding on its own - it is what the extension can do if it chooses to.
Read and change your data on every site you visit
*://*/*
See the address and title of every tab you have open
tabs
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus
Store data in your browser
storage
Watch every request your browser makes
webRequest
See every page you navigate to, as you navigate to it
webNavigation
Watch, block and rewrite every request your browser makes
webRequestBlocking
Where it sends data
Destinations our analysis observed Mate Translate – translator, dictionary 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.
- asia.gikken.co
Mate Translate – translator, dictionary sends data to asia.gikken.co. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.
- sync.matetranslate.com
Mate Translate – translator, dictionary sends data to sync.matetranslate.com. No other extension we have analyzed sends data here.