Is Reverso – Translation, dictionary safe?
Reverso sends the current page URL, page title, and a persistent device UUID to its servers with every translation query.
Each time a user translates selected text, the extension POSTs the source text, the URL of the page where the text was selected, and the page title to context.reverso.net alongside a device identifier generated at install time and stored indefinitely. This allows Reverso to build a per-device log of browsing context tied to translation activity. The extension also bundles hardcoded API credentials for a machine-translation backend in plaintext.
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Translation requests send page URL, title, and device UUID to Reverso.
Translating selected text with Reverso sends the page URL, title, selected text context, and a persistent device UUID to context.reverso.net, linking the request to the page and to a device identifier the extension stores.
The user requests a translation for selected text on a page.
The extension posts the selected text, current page URL, page title, language direction, and persistent device UUID to Reverso.
| Field | Value | Why it matters | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current page URL | https://example.com/article (illustrative) | Shows which page the user was viewing when the translation was requested. | |
Page title | Example Article Title (illustrative) | Adds human-readable page context to the translation request. | |
Persistent device UUID | d7f3a1b2-4c5d-6789-abcd-ef0123456789 (illustrative) | Links translation requests from the same browser installation over time. |